Rat-a-tat-tat

intj, noun

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Definitions

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

Synonyms

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rat-a-tatrat-tat

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

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