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rat-a-tat-tat

/ ˈrétəˈtét; ˈrétəˌtétˈtét /

noun

  1. the sound of knocking on a door
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Mulaney’s rat-a-tat-tat delivery demanded you keep up with his thought process.

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After a while—faintly at first and then louder—came the shrilling of fifes and rat-a-tat-tat of the drums.

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Far away in the mountains behind them, the rapid-fire rat-a-tat-tat of machine guns echoed loudly.

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The rat-a-tat-tat of sustained fire outside filtered through the windows — soldiers firing on a drone they spotted flying in the cloud-filled sky.

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She held the spin for so long you could hear the rat-a-tat-tat of the photographers cameras.

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