Then it grew louder and more distinct - it was a clear rat-tat-tat.
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Rat-tat-tat
Synonyms for "rat-tat-tat" (27 found)
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Translations
8 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- kop kop noun (sound made by knocking on a door)
- rätätätä noun (sound of an automatic machine-gun)
French
1 entries- toc! toc! toc! noun (sound made by knocking on a door)
Hungarian
2 entries- kipp-kopp noun (sound made by knocking on a door)
- kopp-kopp noun (sound made by knocking on a door)
Russian
3 entries- тра-та-та́ noun (sound of an automatic machine-gun)
- тук-ту́к noun (sound made by knocking on a door)
- тук-тук-ту́к noun (sound made by knocking on a door)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
To the steady rat-tat-tat of machine guns and exploding bursts of smoke, amphibious tanks slice across a lake not far from the big green mountains that stand along the world’s most heavily armed border.
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