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RATAPLAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rataplan mean?
• RATAPLAN (noun)
The noun RATAPLAN has 1 sense:
1. the sound made by beating a drum
Familiarity information: RATAPLAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sound made by beating a drum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("rataplan" is a kind of...):
sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)
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