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rataplan

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

Noun

rataplan (plural rataplans)

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

Verb

rataplan (third-person singular simple present rataplans, present participle rataplanning, simple past and past participle rataplanned)

  1. To drum repeatedly.

rataplan meaning in Tamil

rataplan in Tamil

பறையொலி, பறையறை, பறையொலி எழுப்பு

Forms of rataplan

Noun
pluralrataplans
Verb
third-person singular presentrataplans
present participlerataplanning
past participlerataplanned
pastrataplanned

Origin of rataplan

From French ran tan plan, onomatopoeic.

Questions about rataplan

What does rataplan mean?
Rataplan means a continuous, even drumming or rapping, as of the hooves of a galloping horse, or machine-gun fire.
What is rataplan in Tamil?
Rataplan in Tamil is பறையொலி, பறையறை, பறையொலி எழுப்பு. See Rataplan meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rataplan?
Rataplan can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of rataplan?
The plural of rataplan is rataplans.

Words near rataplan in the dictionary

  1. Ratanavanich
  2. ratanhia red
  3. ratanies
  4. ratans
  5. ratany
  6. rataplan
  7. rataplanned
  8. rataplanning
  9. rataplans
  10. ratardid
  11. ratardids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rataplan (page history and authors); rataplan (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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