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Rat-a-tat-tat

intj, noun

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    A series of short, sharp taps, especially made by knocking on a door, beating a drum, or firing an automatic weapon.
Noun
  1. 1
    A series of short, sharp taps, especially made by knocking on a door, beating a drum, or firing an automatic weapon.

    "A man, the source of the lamentation, appears and as he walks across the stage, his cries transmute into song, and the slow snare drum rat-a-tat-tat of Ravel’s composition begins."

  2. 2
    a series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

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