Meanings
nounrat-tat (plural rat-tats)
plural rat-tats
- alternativeAlternative form of ratatat.
A single narrow iron-clamped door formed the only means of entrance. On this our guide knocked with a peculiar postman-like rat-tat.
1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 72
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door)
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