English Explanatory Dictionary

rataplan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A continuous, even drumming or rapping, as of the hooves of a galloping horse, or machine-gun fire.

verb

To drum repeatedly.

Word forms

rataplan rataplans rataplanning rataplanned

Etymology

From French ran tan plan, onomatopoeic.

Related words

drumbeat

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