Rat-tat (Noun)
Meaning
A series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door).
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The rat-tat on the door was persistent, and I finally had to get out of bed to answer it.
- She tapped out a loud rat-tat on the wall with her umbrella, trying to get someone's attention.
- The drumroll started with a slow rat-tat that gradually built up to a thunderous crescendo.
- The messenger's rat-tat on the pipe organ signaled the start of the procession.
- As the machine gun fired, the sound echoed through the valley as a staccato rat-tat.