rat-tat-tat

Etymology
Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

 * 1) The sound made by knocking on a door with a hard object (such as a door knocker).
 * 2) The sound made by firing an automatic machine gun.

Noun

 * 1) Such a sound.

Usage notes

 * The tat syllable may be repeated further to convey a sound of longer duration.

Translations

 * Finnish: kop kop
 * French:
 * Hungarian: kopp-kopp, kipp-kopp
 * Russian: тук-ту́к, тук-тук-ту́к


 * Finnish: rätätätä
 * Russian: тра-та-та́