rataplan

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
rataplan
    n 1: the sound made by beating a drum [syn: {rub-a-dub},
         {rataplan}, {drumbeat}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rataplan \Ra`ta`plan"\ (r[.a]`t[.a]`pl[aum]N"), n. [F.]
   The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping
   horse.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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