rat-a-tat
noun
ˈra-tə-ˌtat 
variants or rat-a-tat-tat
ˌra-tə-ˌta(t)-ˈtat
: a rapid succession of knocking, tapping, or cracking sounds
Word History
Etymology
imitative
First Known Use
1681, in the meaning defined above
- techno-pop
- techno-thriller
- technobabble
- technobabbles
- technocracies
- technocracy
- technocrat
- technocratic
- technocrats
- technography
- technol
- technologic
- technological
- technologically
- technologies
- technologise
- technologist
- technologists
- technologize
- technologized
- technologizes
- technologizing
- technology
- technology park
- technophile