Rataplan Definition

rătə-plăn
rataplanned, rataplanning
noun
The beating of a drum, or a sound like this.
Webster's New World
A tattoo, as of a drum, the hooves of a galloping horse, or machine-gun fire.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
To make such a sound (on)
Webster's New World

To drum repeatedly.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Rataplan

Noun

Singular:
rataplan
Plural:
rataplans

Origin of Rataplan

  • From French ran tan plan, onomatopoeic.

    From Wiktionary

  • French of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Rataplan Sentence Examples

  • Pocahontas, perhaps the most remarkable mare in the Stud-Book, never won a race on the turf, but threw Stockwell and Rataplan to the Baron, son of Birdcatcher, King Tom to Harkaway, Knight of St Patrick to Knight of St George, and Knight of Kars to Nutwith-all these horses being 16 hands high and upwards, while Pocahontas was a long low mare of about 15 hands or a trifle more.

  • Manganese when mated with Rataplan threw Mandragora, dam of Apology, winner of the Oaks and St Leger, whose sire wasAdventurer, son of Newminster.

  • Birdcatcher was a chestnut, so also were Stockwell and his brother Rataplan, Manganese, Mandragora, Thormanby, Kettledrum, St Albans, Blair Athol, Regalia, Formosa, Hermit, Marie Stuart, Doncaster, George Frederick, Apology, Craig Millar, Prince Charlie, Rayon d'Or and Bend Or.

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