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Example sentences from the Web for rat-a-tat-tatA lot of newspaper columns used to be written in a rat-a-tat-tat, fast-paced style—and they tended to be funny. P.J. O’Rourke Joins The Daily Beast||December 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST We started to climb the Ridge, and we were just coming through a churchyard when rat-a-tat-tat! Into the Jaws of Death|Jack O'Brien Each game he started against us he got the old “rat-a-tat-tat.” Pitching in a Pinch|Christy Mathewson So he stopped and tapped on the door, rat-a-tat-tat, very softly, you know. Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk|David Cory
Over by the orchard, he could hear a flicker go "Rat-a-tat-tat," boring away at the old apple tree. Half-Past Seven Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson Rat-a-tat-tat at the first dim hint of dawn went the chamberlain's knuckles upon the door. Master Skylark|John Bennett
rat-a-tat-tatrat-a-tat (ˈrætəˈtæt)
nounthe sound of knocking on a door Words nearby rat-a-tat-tatratan, Ratana, rataplan, rat-arsed, rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat-tat, ratatouille, ratbag, ratbaggery, ratbite fever, ratcatcher Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |