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rat-tat
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rat-tat has 1 sense
- rat-tat(n = noun.event) rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat-tat - a series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door); Array is a kind of tapping
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rat-tat, n. (also rat-tat-tat, ratatat, rat-a-tat) a rapping sound, esp. of a knocker.
Etymology
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