Usually means: Rapid, repetitive knocking or gunfire.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word rat-a-tat-tat:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. rat-a-tat-tat: Merriam-Webster
  2. rat-a-tat-tat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rat-a-tat-tat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rat-a-tat-tat: Vocabulary.com
  6. Rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat: Wordnik
  7. rat-a-tat-tat: Wiktionary
  8. rat-a-tat-tat: Dictionary.com
  9. rat-a-tat-tat: Rhymezone
  10. rat-a-tat-tat: FreeDictionary.org
  11. rat-a-tat-tat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. rat-a-tat-tat: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

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▸ noun:  A series of short, sharp taps, especially made by knocking on a door, beating a drum, or firing an automatic weapon.

Similar:
rat-tat, tapping, rataplan, thumping, double tap, battement, blast beat, technical tap, SWAT, ten-strike, more...

Opposite:
silence, quiet, stillness, calmness, peace

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Similar:
rat-tat, tapping, rataplan, thumping, double tap, battement, blast beat, technical tap, SWAT, ten-strike, more...

Opposite:
silence, quiet, stillness, calmness, peace



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