ya-ta-ta
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ya-ta-ta
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; imitative
Example Sentences
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In his opening scenes, showing civic stuffed shirts unveiling a monument, the speeches come through as squeaky noises that are at once a spoof of the speakers' pomposity and a nose-thumbing Chaplin commentary on the ya-ta-ta of the early talkies.
From Time Magazine Archive
It had a big TV set going ya-ta-ta ya-ta-ta in three glorious colors, and a jukebox that tried to drown out the TV with that lousy music they play.
From Project Gutenberg
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