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A series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door)
rat-tat
rat-a-tat
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rat-tat
rat-a-tat
1
At the
rat-tat
-
tat
of the knocker her heart flew into her mouth.
2
The voices broke off, and a
rat
-
tat
sounded on the front door.
3
A thundering
rat-tat
-
tat
at the hall door brought Jones to his feet.
4
Here Mrs. Butler souded a loud
rat
-
tat
on the Bells' hall door.
5
In the same moment there sounded again a
rat
-
tat
at the outer door.
1
The sound, not unlike the rat-a-tat-tat of parade drums, heralded Hickock's arrival.
2
I drummed my fingers rat-a-tat-tat on the wagon wheel place mat.
3
The B-movie genre's
rat
-
a
-
tat
dialogue sounded like sure box office.
4
And not just because of the at-first-impenetrable, hard-boiled,
rat
-
a
-
tat
dialogue and dizzying plot twists.
5
To a child's ears the
rat
-
a
-
tat
of laminated linen against spokes was engine noise.
1
The sound, not unlike the
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
of parade drums, heralded Hickock's arrival.
2
I drummed my fingers
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
on the wagon wheel place mat.
3
The crack of Kalashnikov fire and the
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
of a machine gun fill the air.
4
They all need to supply the crackling
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
dialogue you might find in a Capote novel.
5
Concentration on what is being said is further stymied by the
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
delivery of the lines.
6
The
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
of the drums calls them forward.
7
Air raid sirens began howling, then the litany of
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
from anti-aircraft artillery for half an hour.
8
Juventus were about to be pierced by the
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
of three more goals in breathtakingly quick succession.
9
Three gasping coughs in rapid succession,
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
.
10
Merrill Grant will lead them to the chuppah, at the music cue of a
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
on the drums.
11
It was not quite a samba beat: more rat-a-tat-tat, not dissimilar to the rhythm of his uncomplicated shot-making.
12
Murray. It was not quite a samba beat: more
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
,
not dissimilar to the rhythm of his uncomplicated shot-making.
13
At the heart of "Better Off Ted's" comedic genius is its
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
dialogue that sounds real, not forced.
14
The moment she recognized her visitor, she opened the door to him, her heart doing a crazy little
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
number.
15
In the middle of January there is a quiet tap on the door of my privy chamber, a little
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
that is George's knock.
16
His arms and his fists were like those old ack-ack guns,
rat
-
a
-
tat
-
tat
,
slamming back and forth, blood flying everywheres, and he just kept charging.
Spanish
toc toc
tantarantán
tantarán