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rat-a-tat-tat
/ ˈrætəˌtætˈtæt; ˈrætəˈtæt /
noun
- the sound of knocking on a door
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A lot of newspaper columns used to be written in a rat-a-tat-tat, fast-paced style—and they tended to be funny.
In the woods one seldom hears from him anything but the rattling rat-a-tat-tat, as he hammers away on a dry old pine stub.
So he stopped and tapped on the door, rat-a-tat-tat, very softly, you know.
We started to climb the Ridge, and we were just coming through a churchyard when rat-a-tat-tat!
Rat-a-tat-tat at the first dim hint of dawn went the chamberlain's knuckles upon the door.
Frequently the family used to be startled by a tremendous "rat-a-tat-tat-tat," on the dining-room door.
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