rat-tat

/ (ˈrætˌtæt) /

a variant of rat-a-tat-tat

Words nearby rat-tat

A rat-tat at the hall-door knocker interrupted her meditations.

The Quiver 12/1899 |Anonymous
She found the house shut up and the family gone to bed, but she made a rat-tat with the knocker that soon roused them.

For the School Colours |Angela Brazil
There was a rat-tat at the door, the sound of a letter falling on the mat, and Fanning the postman passed on.

Orientations |William Somerset Maugham
When she has slept for about an hour, a loud "rat-tat" at the street door awakens her.

Betty's Battles |S. L. M.

At that moment there came a loud, double "rat-tat" at the street door, which made them both jump.

The Strand Magazine, Volume I, Issue 2, February 1891 |Various