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tantara

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tan⋅ta⋅ra

[tan-ter-uh, tan-tar-uh, -tahr-uh]
–noun
1. a blast of a trumpet or horn.
2. any similar sound.

Origin:
1530–40; imit.; cf. L taratantara
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tan·ta·ra   (tān-tār'ə, -tär'ə)   
n.  
    1. A trumpet or horn fanfare.

    2. A sound resembling such a fanfare.

  1. A hunting cry.


[Imitative.]
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