pitter

pit +‎ -er

pitter (plural pitters)

A cherry pitter.

1. A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries.

• cherry pitter
• olive pitter

See pitter-patter.

pitter (third-person singular simple present pitters, present participle pittering, simple past and past participle pittered)

1. To make a pattering sound.

Derived from the root, itself denominal from pittura (“painting”) and/or pittur (“painter”), both from Sicilian. Doublet of pinġa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪt.tɛr/

pitter (imperfect jpitter, past participle mpitter, verbal noun tpittir)

1. to paint, draw, depict

   Synonym: pinġa