tantara
Americannoun
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a blast of a trumpet or horn.
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any similar sound.
noun
Etymology
Origin of tantara
1530–40; imitative; compare Latin taratantara
Example Sentences
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A plain citizen whose sister is a queen arrived in Washington on a little business trip, with no tantara at all.
From Time Magazine Archive
Craft's in the bone of us, Fear 'tis unknown of us: Tara, tantara, teino!
From Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse by John Addington Symonds
As the Pope bade us do, Brother to brother's true: Tara, tantara, teino!
From Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse by John Addington Symonds
Vows valedictory Now have the victory: Tara, tantara, teino!
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Frederic Austin Ogg
Vows valedictory Now have the victory; Tara, tantara, teino!
From Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse by John Addington Symonds
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