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
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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 George Saintsbury
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 J. Nash
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 George Bell
A braave tantara ’mongst the fam’ly, I tell ’e.
From Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts
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