Rataplan
[RAD-ə-plan]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: French, 19th century
1.
A drumming or beating sound.
Examples of Rataplan in a sentence
"At halftime, we could hear the rataplan of the marching band before they entered the field."
"The thunderstorm unleashed a rataplan of heavy rain that lasted hours."
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