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rat-a-tat

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Noun1.rat-a-tat - a series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door)
rat-a-tat-tat, rat-tat
tapping - the sound of light blow or knock; "he heard the tapping of the man's cane"
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rat-a-tat [ˌrætəˈtæt] rat-a-tat-tat [ˌrætəˌtætˈtæt] N (at door) → golpecitos mpl; (imitating sound) → ¡toc, toc!; [of machine-gun] → martilleo m
rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat-tat
n → Rattern; the continual rat-a-tat of machine-gun fire → das kontinuerliche Rattern von Maschinengewehren
adv → ratternd
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