(also rat-tat-tat /rattatˈtat/ or rat-a-tat /ratəˈtat/)
Definition of rat-tat
noun
a rapping sound (used especially in reference to a sequence of knocks on a door or the sound of gunfire):there was a loud rat-tat on the heavy doorthe rat-tat of the Kalashnikovs
Origin:
late 17th century: imitative
rat-tat in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of rat-tat in the US English dictionary
