ratatat
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See also: rat-a-tat
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Imitative.
Noun[edit]
ratatat (plural ratatats)
- A swiftly repeated knocking sound.
- 1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 72:
- A single narrow iron-clamped door formed the only means of entrance. On this our guide knocked with a peculiar postman-like rat-tat.