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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pitter .
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Examples
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His Excellency slumped back in his chair and "pittered" his lips wordlessly.
All-Wool Morrison Holman Day 1900
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Actually, the second one wasn't so bad but it kinda pittered away as I was finishing school last year.
Archive 2005-09-01 RICHARD 2005
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Actually, the second one wasn't so bad but it kinda pittered away as I was finishing school last year.
Updates and Minor Milestones. RICHARD 2005
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A grasshopper remained a week with St. Francis during the absence of the Virgin Mary, and pittered on his head.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807
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The problem with your postings is that any credibility you may have ever had has been pittered away BY YOU, and your pompous attitude, rabid bias and refusal to support your claims when others show how wrong they are.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local bagzzaf 2010
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The trend that realy got me was that the initial few weekends went very well, but then the Box Office pittered out just as I expected it to hit full steam.
Irish Blogs 2009
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I have watched over the past year as about a half dozen earnest folks have attempted Utah political podcasting and pittered out (wasn't there some attempt at a Mormon Archipelago podcast that died?).
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I have watched over the past year as about a half dozen earnest folks have attempted Utah political podcasting and pittered out (wasn't there some attempt at a Mormon Archipelago podcast that died?).
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