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Rat-a-tat-tat   /ræt-ə-tæt-tæt/   Listen
Rat-a-tat-tat

noun
1.
A series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door).  Synonyms: rat-a-tat, rat-tat.






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"Rat-a-tat-tat" Quotes from Famous Books



... hold of the handle; as I spring from the saddle he rapidly takes to his heels; finding that I am not pursuing him, he plucks up courage, and timidly approaching, begs me to let him see me ride again. Zendjan is celebrated for the manufacture of copper vessels, and the rat-a-tat-tat of the workmen beating them out in the coppersmiths' quarters is heard fully a mile outside the gate; the hammering is sometimes deafening while trundling through these quarters, and my progress through it is indicated by what might perhaps be termed a sympathetic wave ...
— Around the World on a Bicycle V1 • Thomas Stevens



Words linked to "Rat-a-tat-tat" :   rat-a-tat, tapping



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