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rat-a-tat-tat en · INTJ
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Meanings
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A series of short, sharp taps, especially made by knocking on a door, beating a drum, or firing an automatic weapon.
Translations (4)
ru пиф-паф (Translations) · cmn 嗒嗒嗒 (Translations) · ru тра-та-та (Translations) · cmn 噠噠噠 /哒哒哒 (Translations)
rat-a-tat-tat en · NOUN
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Meanings
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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.
2023 April 14, Rosyln Sulcas, “Review: Grief and Mourning, Delivered With Ecstatic Vitality”, in The New York Times:
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