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Meaning of "rat-tat-tat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RAT-TAT-TAT

rat-tat-tat  [ˈrætəˌtæt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAT-TAT-TAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rat-Tat-Tat is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAT-TAT-TAT


aegrotat
ˈaɪɡrəʊˌtæt
aerostat
ˈɛərəˌstæt
cryostat
ˈkraɪəˌstæt
Darmstadt
ˈdɑːmstæt
despotat
ˈdɛspɒˌtæt
Eisenstaedt
ˈaɪzənˌstæt
etat
eɪˈtæt
Eurostat
ˈjʊərəʊˌstæt
habitat
ˈhæbɪˌtæt
Hallstatt
ˈhælstæt
hemostat
ˈhiːməʊˌstæt
humidistat
hjuːˈmɪdɪˌstæt
hydrostat
ˈhaɪdrəʊˌstæt
hygrostat
ˈhaɪɡrəˌstæt
rat-a-tat
ˈrætəˌtæt
rat-a-tat-tat
ˈrætəˌtætˈtæt
rat-tat
ˈrætˌtæt
tat
tæt
thermostat
ˈθɜːməˌstæt
tit-for-tat
ˌtɪtfəˈtæt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAT-TAT-TAT

rat-a-tat
rat-a-tat-tat
rat-arsed
rat-catcher
rat-catching
rat-infested
rat-run
rat-runner
rat-running
rat-tail
rat-tat
rat-trap
rata
ratability
ratable
ratable value
ratableness
ratably
ratafee
ratafia

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAT-TAT-TAT

antistat
appestat
attentat
bacteriostat
barostat
chemostat
clinostat
coccidiostat
coelostat
diktat
fungistat
gyrostat
haemostat
heliostat
latitat
nihil obstat
photostat
pyrostat
rheostat
tit for tat

Synonyms and antonyms of rat-tat-tat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rat-tat-tat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAT-TAT-TAT

Find out the translation of rat-tat-tat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rat-tat-tat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rat-tat-tat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

梆达
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rat- tat- tat
570 millions of speakers

English

rat-tat-tat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चूहे जैसे - गूंथना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفئران المعاملة بالمثل المتبادل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

крыса - та-та
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rat- tat- tat
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খটখট শব্দ-Tat
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rat - tat-tat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rat-tat-tat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rat- tat-tat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ラット-TAT -TAT
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쥐 - 문신 - 문신
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rat-tat-tat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rat- tat -tat
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எலி-பழிக்கு பழிக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उंदीर पकडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kapı sesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rat - tat -tat
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rat - tat- tat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

щур - та-та
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rat- tat -tat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρουραίος - tat - tat
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rat- tat -tat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rat- tat - tat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rotte - tat - tat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rat-tat-tat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAT-TAT-TAT»

The term «rat-tat-tat» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.522 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAT-TAT-TAT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rat-tat-tat» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rat-tat-tat» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rat-tat-tat

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAT-TAT-TAT»

Discover the use of rat-tat-tat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rat-tat-tat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pied Piper: The Musical
Rat-tat-tat-tat! Doing the rat! (A grunt.) Ugh! DANCE TUTOR: (Speaks.) Lovely, everyone, lovely. Just follow me... five, six, seven... (ALL form a conga line with the DANCE TUTOR leading. They move around the STAGE stomping on imaginary ...
Bill Francoeur, 2003
2
Thump, Thump, Rat-a-Tat-Tat
A distant marching band grows larger and louder as it nears, and then softer and smaller as it goes away again.
Gene Baer, 1991
3
The Sphere of the Moon Goddess
Rat tat tat tat tat tat tat Rat tat Tin drum Dance Is on Arms fling Rat tat tat tat Feel the beat Of tin and drum Crash tat rat tat tat tat tat Bodies Shake Shake shake shake shake Shake Shake Breasts rise Rat tat tat tat tat She moves You move The ...
David Ryan, 2011
4
FROM THE GUTTER TO THE GRAVE: AN AMERICAN HOOD NOVEL
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat-tat! Click-click-click-click! “Shit!” T-Boy cursed before dropping the AK to the floor and quickly reaching behind and pulling out the two twin desert Eagle .45's that sat in the crook of his back along his waist line .
G.C. DEUCE, 2010
5
Sniper Shield
... a corridor and around a corner. Suddenly, the insurgent popped out from a half -open door with an AK-47 in his hand. Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat! Rat-tat- tat-tat-tat! The Iraqi sprayed bullets wildly at Cross and his men. v - 1 ' J I i a \ _ 15.
Carl Bowen, 2013
6
Nichols Plays: 2: Chez Nous; Privates on Parade; Born in the ...
Our officer's orders are to break Anything here we cannot take — The sound you hear's the fusiliers Shooting the crystal chandeliers — Rat-tat-tat-tat! CHORUS. Rat-a-tat-tat-tat! Ker-pow-splatt! Rat-a-tat-tat-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat-tat! Kerpow-splatt!
Peter Nichols, 2014
7
Ka-BOOM!: A Dictionary of Comic Book Words, Symbols & ...
... also RAT-TA-TA-TA also RAT-TA-TAT also RAT-TAT also RAT-TAT-TAT [Attack #41, 1983] also RATA-TATTATTATTAT [Cold Blooded Chamelion Commando #1 , 1986] also RATATATATATATATAT [G.I.Joe vol.1 #104, 1990] The sound of a ...
Kevin Taylor, 2007
8
Stage This! Ten-Minute Plays
Rat-tat-tat. David Guaspari Cast of Characters M051, mature male R. norvegicus, age 4 F167, female in the prime of life, age 2 Y219, young male AT RISE: What might be a classroom or lecture hall: a lectern, a blackboard, a scattering of ...
Creative Mechanics, 2005
9
Sand Spider
RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT! Jannati and Shepherd opened up with the Growler's guns, cutting into the first and last vehicles in the line. Jannati targeted the ACMAT's hood with a laser-accurate stream of 7.62x55mm NATO rounds from the minigun ...
Carl Bowen, 2014
10
The Voice of Praise: A Collection of Music for the Choir, ...
*s ' ' -m— —M— —m ~ _W m^ 3=J joy, such joy, such joy is found, Where men do nothing, and still are going round And round and round, rat tut tat, rat tat tat ^^^ mm^m :£zz*=ifcz*- m ther went all day long hammer - ing round And round and ...
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAT-TAT-TAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rat-tat-tat is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Robin Williams's Final Film, Boulevard, Is a Sad, Hesitant Little Movie
... found myself fixating on Williams's physicality; his sweeping, childlike gestures; and yes, his rat-tat-tat delivery — sometimes improvised, always a whirlwind. «Vulture, Jul 15»
2
'The Ghosts of 1937 Are Warning Us'
... help the next client, a 30-something woman whose face twitched involuntarily as she held her child, the woman exploded in a rat-tat-tat of questions in Creole. «The Nation., Jun 15»
3
The Best Videogame D-Days
... and yes it's played for laughs, but you still see a poor chipmunk struggle for air beneath the waves before the rat-tat-tat of the pillboxes leave the water dark red ... «Paste Magazine, Jun 15»
4
Let's go back in time for the latest Watchdog news
Imagine if The Watchdog was a 1940s-style rat-tat-tat columnist. Not far-fetched considering my colleague on The Watchdog Desk, Marina Trahan Martinez, ... «Dallas Morning News, May 15»
5
Snoop Dogg Urges You To Drop The Weapons&&From Your 401K
The artist who once recorded a song called "Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat"—after the sound of a certain category of firearm—has since turned over a new leaf. In recent years ... «Co.Create, Mar 15»
6
Album Review: Belle & Sebastian's 'Girls in Peacetime Want to …
He knows the answer -- hence the rat-tat-tat sound effect -- but after 19 years fronting a delicate indie-pop band beloved by smart, sensitive "twee" types like him, ... «Billboard, Jan 15»
7
Brody Dalle is in your face
Brody Dalle's first solo album begins with a bang: three blistering robo-punk songs, delivered rat-tat-tat as if to demonstrate that the former frontwoman of L.A.'s ... «Los Angeles Times, May 14»
8
Time to trim your pet's nails?
“You know that your pet's nails are too long if you hear that rat-tat-tat on wood floors or tile floors," said Dr. Marty Becker, with Vetstreet.com. Dr. Becker tells me ... «KOMO News, May 14»
9
Anthony Doerr's 'All the Light We Cannot See' is a Luminous Crowd …
This is what Anthony Doerr does with great skill in his new novel: through short chapters, clipped sentences, and the rat-tat-tat of action verbs, he conjures up a ... «Bustle, May 14»
10
The world may be a stage, but someone needs to dress it
The steady beat of a sewing machine fills the air. Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat. Across the room, someone hand-glues jewels onto a belt while someone else makes a ... «NKU The Northerner Online, Apr 14»

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