Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
rat-a-tat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door)
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Examples
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Her headsails emptied, there was a rat-tat of reef-points and quick shifting of boom - tackles, and she was heeled over and filled away on the other tack.
THE PEARLS OF PARLAY 2010
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Their dominance was more persuasive after the interval, a fact acknowledged by both managers afterwards, even if the evening was denied a decisive third goal for all the rat-tat of chances created.
Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Chelsea | Premier League match report 2011
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He brought the clenched fist of his free hand down in two blows, rat-tat, on Michael's paws.
CHAPTER XXIII 2010
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Blessed is he who is made happy by the sound of the rat-tat!
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But the final pause was in this direction, and then came a sharp rat-tat at the door.
New Grub Street 2003
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In fact I didn't breathe at all as I bore the shining little object slowly and tenderly through the opening and dropped it with a gentle rat-tat on the table.
Favourite Dog Stories Herriot, James 1995
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Claxby tut-tutted, a sharp little rat-tat through clenched teeth that sounded more like gunshot.
The Fifth Rapunzel Gill, B. M. 1991
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Suddenly there came a little _rat-tat_ at the door.
How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell Sara Cone Bryant
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Hardly had we finished the meal when the rat-tat, rat-tat of small-arms showed that the British were approaching.
With Steyn and De Wet Philip Pienaar
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Straight before us lay the key to Ladysmith -- Platrand, whence now and again came the sharp rat-tat of the Metford, followed by the Mauser's significant cough.
With Steyn and De Wet Philip Pienaar
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