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rataplan

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rat⋅a⋅plan

  [rat-uh-plan] noun, verb, -planned, -plan⋅ning.
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–noun
1. a sound of or as of the beating of a drum.
–verb (used without object)
2. to produce such a sound.
Origin:
1840–50; < F; imit.
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rat·a·plan   (rāt'ə-plān')   
n.  A tattoo, as of a drum, the hooves of a galloping horse, or machine-gun fire.

[French, of imitative origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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