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Rataplan


Raˊtaˊplan′

(rȧˊtȧˊpläN′)
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Noun.
[F.]
The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.

Definition 2024


rataplan

rataplan

English

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.

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