rataplan

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[Cusins flourishes his drumsticks as if in the art of beating a lively rataplan, but makes no sound].

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  1. noun A tattoo, as of a drum, the hooves of a galloping horse, or machine-gun fire.

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  1. French, of imitative origin.

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  1. F.; imitative. Cf. rattan, rat-a-tat.
 

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/rætæˈpIɑn/
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