rat-tat-tat

English

Etymology

Interjection

rat-tat-tat!

The sound made by knocking on a door with a hard object (such as a door knocker).
The sound made by firing an automatic machine gun.

Usage notes

The tat syllable may be repeated further to convey a sound of longer duration.

Translations

sound made by knocking on a door

Finnish: kop kop
French: toc! toc! toc! (fr)

Hungarian: kopp-kopp, kipp-kopp
Russian: тук-ту́к (tuk-túk), тук-тук-ту́к (tuk-tuk-túk)

sound of an automatic machine-gun

Finnish: rätätätä

Russian: тра-та-та́ (tra-ta-tá)

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