rat-tat

How to use rat-tat in a sentence

• Our ears were deafened by the sharp rat-tat-tat of the machine guns, and by our own frantic anti-aircraft fire.

  The Romance of His Life | Mary Cholmondeley

• That's why I don't mind tackling cabmen—they sit all day, and all they've got to say is 'rat-tat,' and they've done.

  Rhoda Fleming, Complete | George Meredith

• In a few minutes we were replying in volume, and the rat-tat-tats of the machine-guns on either side were continuous.

  War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit Roosevelt

• This continued for perhaps half an hour, the drum beats never ceasing their monotonous rat-tat-tat.

  The Gaunt Gray Wolf | Dillon Wallace

• Rennett had hardly spoken when there was a loud rat-tat at the front door, and Jack Glover hastened into the hall to answer.

  The Angel of Terror | Edgar Wallace