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tantara

American

[tan-ter-uh, tan-tar-uh, -tahr-uh] / ˈtæn tər ə, tænˈtær ə, -ˈtɑr ə /

noun

a blast of a trumpet or horn.
any similar sound.

tantara British

/ tænˈtɑːrə, ˈtæntərə /

noun

a blast, as on a trumpet or horn

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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

Tantara, tantara the trumpets sound, which makes our hearts with joy abound.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George

Dub a dub, dub a dub, thus strike their drums; Tantara, tantara, the Englishman comes.

From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)

Then a tantara of drums, and the jangling of church bells, with the boom of a great gun from the Castle!

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne

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 Symonds, John Addington

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