rataplan

rat·a·plan

 (răt′ə-plăn′)
n.
A tattoo, as of a drum, the hooves of a galloping horse, or machine-gun fire.
[French, of imitative origin.]
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rataplan

(ˌrætəˈplæn)
n
a drumming sound
[from French, of imitative origin]
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rat•a•plan

(ˌræt əˈplæn)

n.
a drumbeat.
[1840–50; < French; imitative]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rataplan - the sound made by beating a drumrataplan - the sound made by beating a drum  
drumbeat, rub-a-dub
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
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"Yes, sir; at that instant there was such a rataplan of musketry that one might have imagined the infernal regions had opened.
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Kinder to pass over her singing in Verdi's Rataplan and Offenbach's Barcarolle, because her onstage charisma, plus her willingness to be winched into the flies aboard a giant pair of lips, remains undimmed.
MUSIC
As I am apprehending this sight I suddenly hear--through my closed windows and over the snare-drum rataplan of rain crashing against my car--the most terrifying screeching I have ever heard.
The loneliest Lemur on earth
Seeing volunteer soldiers heaving their bodies through boot camp exercises as Marie's "23 fathers" in the Manitoba Opera Chorus's crisply delivered "Rataplan, kataplan, Rataplan" only added to the fun.
WINNIPEG
(82) New Zealand Pelt Export Co Ltd v Trade Indemnity New Zealand Ltd [2002] VSC 570 (Unreported, Warren J, 18 December 2002) (NZ); Rataplan Pry Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2004) 56 ATR 407 ('Rataplan') (US, Texas); O'Driscoll [2006] WASCA 25 (Unreported, Malcolm C J, McLure JA and Murray AJA, 22 February 2006) (Singapore); Hume Computers Pry Ltd v Exact International BV [2006] FCA 1440 (Unreported, Jacobson J, 25 October 2006) (Netherlands); Garsec v His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei [2007] NSWSC 882 (Unreported, McDougall J, 15 August 2007) (Brunei).
Pleading and proving foreign law in Australia
The rataplan of galloping horses, the jingle of accoutrements and the clash of swords ushered in the cavalry.
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