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
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
In Percy's Reliques there is a song, the refrain or burden of which is: "Rub-a-dub, rub-a-dub, so beat your drums, Tantara, tantara, the Englishman comes."
From Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, 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)
That there patch in partic’lar ’ll be one big touzle o’ weeds, and—” Tantara, tantara, tantara!
From Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story by Nash, J.
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