tantara
[tan-ter-uh, tan-tar-uh, -tahr-uh]
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noun
a blast of a trumpet or horn.
any similar sound.
Origin of tantara
1530–40; imitative; compare Latin taratantara
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Tantara, the celebrated landscape painter, was a man of ready wit, but he once met his match.
The tantara changes to a graceful and yet hilarious dance chorus, “A Morris Dance must you entrance,” sung fortissimo.
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tantara
noun
Word Origin for tantara
C16: from Latin taratantara, imitative of the sound of the tuba
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