Usually means: Rapid, repetitive knocking or tapping.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word rat-a-tat:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. rat-a-tat: Merriam-Webster
  2. rat-a-tat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rat-a-tat: Vocabulary.com
  5. Rat-a-Tat, rat-a-tat: Wordnik
  6. rat-a-tat: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. rat-a-tat: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. rat-a-tat: Dictionary.com
  9. rat-a-tat: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. rat-a-tat: Rhymezone
  11. rat-a-tat: FreeDictionary.org
  12. rat-a-tat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. rat-a-tat: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. rat-a-tat: Wiktionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rat-a-tat: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  Alternative form of ratatat [A swiftly repeated knocking sound.]

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rat-tat, ratatat, rat-a-tat-tat, rat-tat-tat, pit-a-pat, tick-tack, pitterpatter, tick tack, rapping, clatter, more...


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rat-tat, ratatat, rat-a-tat-tat, rat-tat-tat, pit-a-pat, tick-tack, pitterpatter, tick tack, rapping, clatter, more...



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