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noun
a sound of knocking or rapping: a sharp rat-a-tat on the window.
Also, rat-a-tat-tat.
Origin:
1675–85; imitative
1675–85; imitative
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Rat-a-tat
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Word Origin & History
rat-a-tat
1681, echoic.
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