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rat-a-tat-tat

/ ˈrætəˈtæt; ˈrætəˌtætˈtæt /

noun

  1. the sound of knocking on a door
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

A lot of newspaper columns used to be written in a rat-a-tat-tat, fast-paced style—and they tended to be funny.

In the woods one seldom hears from him anything but the rattling rat-a-tat-tat, as he hammers away on a dry old pine stub.

So he stopped and tapped on the door, rat-a-tat-tat, very softly, you know.

We started to climb the Ridge, and we were just coming through a churchyard when rat-a-tat-tat!

Rat-a-tat-tat at the first dim hint of dawn went the chamberlain's knuckles upon the door.

Frequently the family used to be startled by a tremendous "rat-a-tat-tat-tat," on the dining-room door.

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