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Definition of Rataplan
1. Noun. The sound made by beating a drum.
Definition of Rataplan
1. n. The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.
Definition of Rataplan
1. Noun. A continuous, even drumming or rapping, as of the hooves of a galloping horse, or machine-gun fire. ¹
2. Verb. To drum repeatedly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rataplan
1. to make a rapidly repeating sound [v -PLANNED, -PLANNING, -PLANS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rataplan
Literary usage of Rataplan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. La Forza Del Destino: (The Force of Destiny) Opera in Four Acts by Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave (1918)
"rataplan, rataplan, la vittoria Al guerriero conquista ogni cor. ... rataplan,
the wounds of the brave Are with triumph crowned by fate. ..."
2. Portraits of Celebrated Racehorses of the Past and Present Centuries: In by Thomas Henry Taunton (1888)
"rataplan (own brother to Stockwell), was a chestnut colt, ... Pocahontas foaled
rataplan on the very morning of the day on which Mr. Theobald died. ..."
3. Artistic Work: Gymnastic by Henry Schuyler Anderson (1895)
"Prelude: rataplan Strike. On 1, strike the bells in front below ... Repeat this
and follow with the rataplan, strike seven counts; on the eighth count bells ..."
4. The General Stud-book, Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses, &c. &c. from the (1893)
"MINSTREL MAID, Bred by Mr J. JOHNSTONE, in 1881, got by Tynedale, her dun.
Glee, by Adventurer, out of Sweet Sound, by rataplan. 1889 ch. c. ..."
5. Niagara: Its History and Geology, Incidents and Poetry by George Washington Holley (1872)
"Niagara in winter—Frozen spray—Ice foliage and ice apples- —Frozen sunlight—Frozen
rainbows—Ice-moss—Frozen fog—rataplan of icicles—Ice islands—Ice ..."
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