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rat-a-tat

[rat-uh-tat]
–noun
a sound of knocking or rapping: a sharp rat-a-tat on the window.
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Origin:
1675–85; imit.
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rat-a-tat-tat   (rāt'ə-tāt'tāt')   
n.  A series of short sharp sounds, as that made by knocking on a door.

[Imitative.]
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rat-a-tat 
1681, echoic.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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