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rataplan

[rat-uh-plan]

rat·a·plan

[rat-uh-plan] noun, verb, -planned, -plan·ning.
noun
1.
a sound of or as of the beating of a drum.
verb (used without object)
2.
to produce such a sound.

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Origin:
1840–50; < French; imitative
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rataplan (ˌrætəˈplæn)
 
n
a drumming sound
 
[from French, of imitative origin]

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