Thesaurus results for PATTERED

pattered

verb

past tense of patter

as in chatted

to engage in casual or rambling conversation the toddler pattered on for what seemed like hours

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Recent Examples of pattered Big shot guests popped up in the studio audience, including the actors Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, and Ryan Reynolds, who did a few bits and pattered about the host going off air; Colbert moved through the usual jokes about the day’s news. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026 As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door. — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025

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Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones chatted about the special occasion.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
Withers rocked a black tank top and chatted closely with his friend and honor presenter Shipka, while McRae and Sombr held court in individual booths on the Four Seasons lawn peppered with activations from Eternal Water and CashApp.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of chatted

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Hemingway commended Salinger, then a twenty-five-year-old staff sergeant, on his short stories, and the two conversed for hours.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
For a moment, two referees from the Falcons’ seventh training camp practice looked at each other, conversed and truly didn’t know what to rule.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of conversed

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Merzel tossed him and Sale said something to crew chief Dan Bellino as the two talked near the dugout rail.

— Larry Fleisher, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
The latest venture from Soho House founder Nick Jones, the restaurant has quickly become one of the area’s most talked-about new openings, so reservations are recommended.

— Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of talked

Verb

At his news conference last week, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh rattled markets by being unnecessarily opaque.

— Anil Kashyap, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026
The skies of Oklahoma City roared for six months in 1964 as military aircraft intentionally rattled the population below with a daily barrage of thunderous sonic booms.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

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