"rat-tat-tat" meaning in English

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Interjection

Forms: rat-tat-tat ! [canonical]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Head templates: {{en-interj|head=rat-tat-tat!}} rat-tat-tat!
  1. The sound made by knocking on a door with a hard object (such as a door knocker).
    Sense id: en-rat-tat-tat-en-intj-JeqAdxCv
  2. The sound made by firing an automatic machine gun.
    Sense id: en-rat-tat-tat-en-intj-42D7pfd2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 53 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 74 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 73 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 85 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 78 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 83 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 73 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 85 5

Noun

Forms: rat-tat-tats [plural]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Head templates: {{en-noun}} rat-tat-tat (plural rat-tat-tats)
  1. Such a sound. Translations (sound made by knocking on a door): kop kop (Finnish), toc! toc! toc! (French), kopp-kopp (Hungarian), kipp-kopp (Hungarian), тук-ту́к (tuk-túk) (Russian), тук-тук-ту́к (tuk-tuk-túk) (Russian) Translations (sound of an automatic machine-gun): rätätätä (Finnish), тра-та-та́ (tra-ta-tá) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-rat-tat-tat-en-noun-OGjtzb7r

Inflected forms

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