rat-a-tat

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Rat-a-tat is a set of quick, sharp tapping sounds.

(noun)

An example of rat-a-tat is the sound made by a snare drum.

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See rat-a-tat in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a series of sharp, quick rapping sounds
also rat-a-tat-tat

Origin: echoic

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