rat-tat-tat

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

rat-tat-tat!

1. The sound made by knocking on a door with a hard object (such as a door knocker).
2. The sound made by firing an automatic machine gun.

Usage notes

• The tat syllable may be repeated further to convey a sound of longer duration.

Translations

sound made by knocking on a door

• Finnish: kop kop
• French: toc! toc! toc! (fr)
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• Hungarian: kopp-kopp, kipp-kopp
• Russian: тук-ту́к (tuk-túk), тук-тук-ту́к (tuk-tuk-túk)

sound of an automatic machine-gun

• Finnish: rätätätä
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• Russian: тра-та-та́ (tra-ta-tá)