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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A series of short, sharp taps, especially made by knocking on a door, beating a drum, or firing an automatic weapon..
A man, the source of the lamentation, appears and as he walks across the stage, his cries transmute into song, and the slow snare drum rat-a-tat-tat of Ravel’s composition begins.
Use rat-a-tat-tat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rat-a-tat-tat means A series of short, sharp taps, especially made by knocking on a door, beating a drum, or firing an automatic weapon..
Common synonyms include rat-tat.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A man, the source of the lamentation, appears and as he walks across the stage, his cries transmute into song, and the slow snare drum rat-a-tat-tat of Ravel’s composition begins.
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