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Definition of rat-a-tat noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

rat-a-tat

noun

NAmE//ˌræt̮ ə ˈtæt//

(also rat-a-tat-tat, rat-tat-tat) [singular]

a series of short loud sounds like those made by knocking on a door or shooting bullets one after the other quickly the rat-a-tat-tat of drums

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