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rataplan

rat·a·plan [ ráttə plàn ]


noun 
Definition:
 
drumming sound: a noise like the rapid beating of a drum, the sound of horses' hooves striking the ground, or machine-gun fire, made up of a series of short repeated sounds

[Mid-19th century. < French, an imitation of the sound]
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