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tattarrattat

tattarrattat interjection: a knock at the door.

Interjection

tattarrattat

  1. A knock at the door.
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Origin of tattarrattat

Onomatopoeic word from James Joyce's Ulysses.

Questions about tattarrattat

What does tattarrattat mean?
Tattarrattat means a knock at the door.
What part of speech is tattarrattat?
Tattarrattat is an interjection.

Words near tattarrattat in the dictionary

  1. Tatsuko
  2. Tatsumi
  3. tatt
  4. tatta
  5. tattarara
  6. tattarrattat
  7. tattas
  8. tatted
  9. tatted up
  10. tattee
  11. tattees

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