tantara

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It's all coming out right," for with a tantara--tantara-ra-ra Sanders's troop, spreading far and wide, were scrambling up the shaly slopes a thousand yards away.

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  1. noun A trumpet or horn fanfare.
  2. noun A sound resembling such a fanfare.
  3. noun A hunting cry.

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  1. Imitative.

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  1. Imitative of the sound of a trumpet or horn. Cf. tarantara, taratantara; cf. also Spanish tantarantan, the sound of a rapid beating of a drum; tarará, the sound of a trumpet; Old French tantan, a cow-bell.
 

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/tænˈtærə/
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