tattarrattat

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interjection

A knock at the door.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:tattarrattat.”

Scrabble 12

Meanings

interjection
  1. A knock at the door.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:tattarrattat.

Origin

Onomatopoeic word from James Joyce's Ulysses.

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Cite this entry
APA

tattarrattat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tattarrattat

MLA

“tattarrattat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tattarrattat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tattarrattat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tattarrattat.

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