rat-tatn.int.adj.

Brit.

/ˌratˈtat/,

/ˈratˌtat/, U.S.

/ˌrætˈtæt/,

/ˈrætˌtæt/

Forms: 1700s– rat-tat, 1700s– rat-tat-tat-tash. Also reduplicated.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare rat-a-tat n., rat-a-tat int., and rat-a-tat adj.With rat-tat ginger n. at Compounds compare slightly earlier rat-a-tat ginger n. at rat-a-tat int., n., and adj. Compounds.

A. n.

A sharp rapping sound, esp. of a knock at a door or of reports from a gun, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [noun] > knock

frap1582

rapa1586

knick-a-knock1600

rat-tat1731

rap-tap1733

tat-tat1786

postman's knock1795

rat-a-tat1813

tattarrattat1922

1731 H. Fielding Letter-writers i. v. 12 I would have tied a much larger Purse to the Knocker of my Door to have kept it free from that Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat, which continually thunder'd at it.

1766 Genuine Mem. Maria Brown I. ix. 85 When we had got thus far in our dialogue, we were interrupted by a rat-tat at the door.

1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a-Year I. vii. 214 A few moments before the postman's rat-tat was heard.

1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. xi. 226 There came a soft little rat-tat at the street-door.

1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 43 The man that can..give a good rat-tat-tat, and feel that he will be welcome.

1909 J. London South of Slot in Sat. Evening Post 22 May 38/2 From the rear arose the rat-tat-tat of clubs on heads.

1935 M. Anderson Winterset iii. 130 There is a quick machine gun rat-tat.

1972 Angling Times 6 Apr. 14/5 It is only a matter of time before I get that tiny rat-tat-tat on the rod tip.

2004 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 23 Mar. e5 The rat-tat of a drum created the sounds of gunfire in darkness.

B. int.

Representing or imitating the sound of rapping, knocking, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [interjection] > of guns or shells

ough1894

rat-tat1907

whizz-bang1920

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > sound of firing

report1590

rat-tat1907

poop1919

cough1928

piffing1928

1787 G. Colman Inkle & Yarico iii. i. 52 Oh! Let me alone to give the servants notice—Rat-Tat-Tat—It's all the notice we had in Threadneedle street of the arrival of a visitor.

1839 T. Hood Double Knock in Hood's Own 201 Rat-tat it went upon the lion's chin.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. ix. 121 Rat-tat-tat-tat, resounded more decisively from Bathsheba's oak.

1907 G. Manington Soldier of Legion iii. 127 The sombre background was punctuated again and again..by lightning like red flashes. Rat! tat! tat! tat!... These were Winchesters.

1913 J. London Valley of Moon xii. 221 An' you oughta heard the clubs on our heads—rat-tat-tat-tat, rat-tat-tat-tat!

1998 T. L. Yang tr. K. Shangren Peach Blossom Fan vi. 52 He could hear the drumbeat and the clapping boards of the storyteller: ‘dong-dong-dong’ and ‘rat-tat-tat’!

C. adj. (attributive).

= rat-a-tat adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [adjective] > knock

rattatattatory1709

rap-tapping1821

rat-a-tata1839

rat-tat1876

1876 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 1 May A full chorus of voices and the rat-tat-tat accompaniement [sic] of the taber.

1940 Music & Lett. 21 325 The instruments play a sort of rat-tat cadence figure.

1983 R. Narayan Tiger for Malgudi 46 He drew his staff along the cage's bars, creating a rat-tat noise.

2006 Miami Herald (Nexis) 24 Feb. g9 [A] seizure-inducing style of rat-tat-tat editing and incomprehensible action.

Compounds

rat-tat ginger n. British = knock down ginger n. at knock-down adj. and n. Additions; cf. rat-a-tat ginger n. at rat-a-tat int., n., and adj. Compounds. [Origin uncertain: see discussion at knock down ginger n. at knock-down adj. and n. Additions.]

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun]

rosy apple1882

doctors and nurses (also patients)1906

doctor1918

knock down ginger1959

rat-a-tat ginger1959

riprap1959

rat-tat ginger1962

1962 M. Duffy That's how it Was ii. 26 Rat-tat ginger, two door-knockers tied together and a piece of black cotton leading round the corner so I could knock on two doors at once.

2004 South Wales Echo (Nexis) 4 Mar. 32 When these youngsters go scrumping, shoplifting or playing rat-tat ginger, they will be easier to catch as they are overweight and unfit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rat-tatv.

Brit.

/ˌratˈtat/, U.S.

/ˌrætˈtæt/

Forms: also reduplicated.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rat-tat n.

Etymology: < rat-tat n.

1. intransitive. To make a sharp rapping sound; esp. to knock.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [verb (intransitive)] > knock

rap1440

bounce1570

rap-tap1800

rat-tat1824

1824 S. Ferrier Inheritance II. xiv. 157 She seizes it [sc. an oyster]—rat-tat-tats upon the shell, which instantly flies open with a prodigious noise.

1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold 200 No hand ever rat-tats there.

1910 Daily Chron. 14 Apr. 9/5 The lady rat-tat-tatted for half an hour. Then the housekeeper..sternly asked the visitor to be so good as to go away.

1916 H. Walpole Dark Forest i. vii. 188 A machine gun ‘rat-tat-tat-tated’ close to us.

1966 A. Cavanaugh Children are Gone ii. vi. 49 ‘Well, g'night.’ Her heels rat-tatted down the hall.

1999 L. Ross Cougar's Crossing (2005) xxviii. 263 They..were rewarded by the sound of a partridge drumming his dance of love, and a woodpecker rat-tat-tatting on a tree.

2. transitive. To cause (something) to make a sharp rapping sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > sound of blow [verb (transitive)] > knock

rap1676

rat-tat1882

1882 F. Langbridge Her Beautiful Dream v. 46 She rat-tatted the great brass knocker almost jauntily now.

1918 Warren (Pa.) Evening Mirror 17 Jan. 5/2 A machinegun is ‘rat-tat-tat-tat-ing’ its evening tryout.

1953 ‘N. Blake’ Dreadful Hollow 106 Nigel rat-tat-tatted an imaginary tommy-gun at them.

2002 R. Robertson Moody Food (2006) 121 I rat-tatted the snare and tightened its head.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	rat-tat
释义	rat-tatn.int.adj. Brit. /ˌratˈtat/, /ˈratˌtat/, U.S. /ˌrætˈtæt/, /ˈrætˌtæt/ Forms: 1700s– rat-tat, 1700s– rat-tat-tat-tash. Also reduplicated. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare rat-a-tat n., rat-a-tat int., and rat-a-tat adj.With rat-tat ginger n. at Compounds compare slightly earlier rat-a-tat ginger n. at rat-a-tat int., n., and adj. Compounds. A. n. A sharp rapping sound, esp. of a knock at a door or of reports from a gun, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [noun] > knock frap1582 rapa1586 knick-a-knock1600 rat-tat1731 rap-tap1733 tat-tat1786 postman's knock1795 rat-a-tat1813 tattarrattat1922 1731 H. Fielding Letter-writers i. v. 12 I would have tied a much larger Purse to the Knocker of my Door to have kept it free from that Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat, which continually thunder'd at it. 1766 Genuine Mem. Maria Brown I. ix. 85 When we had got thus far in our dialogue, we were interrupted by a rat-tat at the door. 1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a-Year I. vii. 214 A few moments before the postman's rat-tat was heard. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. xi. 226 There came a soft little rat-tat at the street-door. 1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 43 The man that can..give a good rat-tat-tat, and feel that he will be welcome. 1909 J. London South of Slot in Sat. Evening Post 22 May 38/2 From the rear arose the rat-tat-tat of clubs on heads. 1935 M. Anderson Winterset iii. 130 There is a quick machine gun rat-tat. 1972 Angling Times 6 Apr. 14/5 It is only a matter of time before I get that tiny rat-tat-tat on the rod tip. 2004 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 23 Mar. e5 The rat-tat of a drum created the sounds of gunfire in darkness. B. int. Representing or imitating the sound of rapping, knocking, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [interjection] > of guns or shells ough1894 rat-tat1907 whizz-bang1920 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > sound of firing report1590 rat-tat1907 poop1919 cough1928 piffing1928 1787 G. Colman Inkle & Yarico iii. i. 52 Oh! Let me alone to give the servants notice—Rat-Tat-Tat—It's all the notice we had in Threadneedle street of the arrival of a visitor. 1839 T. Hood Double Knock in Hood's Own 201 Rat-tat it went upon the lion's chin. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. ix. 121 Rat-tat-tat-tat, resounded more decisively from Bathsheba's oak. 1907 G. Manington Soldier of Legion iii. 127 The sombre background was punctuated again and again..by lightning like red flashes. Rat! tat! tat! tat!... These were Winchesters. 1913 J. London Valley of Moon xii. 221 An' you oughta heard the clubs on our heads—rat-tat-tat-tat, rat-tat-tat-tat! 1998 T. L. Yang tr. K. Shangren Peach Blossom Fan vi. 52 He could hear the drumbeat and the clapping boards of the storyteller: ‘dong-dong-dong’ and ‘rat-tat-tat’! C. adj. (attributive). = rat-a-tat adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [adjective] > knock rattatattatory1709 rap-tapping1821 rat-a-tata1839 rat-tat1876 1876 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 1 May A full chorus of voices and the rat-tat-tat accompaniement [sic] of the taber. 1940 Music & Lett. 21 325 The instruments play a sort of rat-tat cadence figure. 1983 R. Narayan Tiger for Malgudi 46 He drew his staff along the cage's bars, creating a rat-tat noise. 2006 Miami Herald (Nexis) 24 Feb. g9 [A] seizure-inducing style of rat-tat-tat editing and incomprehensible action. Compounds rat-tat ginger n. British = knock down ginger n. at knock-down adj. and n. Additions; cf. rat-a-tat ginger n. at rat-a-tat int., n., and adj. Compounds. [Origin uncertain: see discussion at knock down ginger n. at knock-down adj. and n. Additions.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] rosy apple1882 doctors and nurses (also patients)1906 doctor1918 knock down ginger1959 rat-a-tat ginger1959 riprap1959 rat-tat ginger1962 1962 M. Duffy That's how it Was ii. 26 Rat-tat ginger, two door-knockers tied together and a piece of black cotton leading round the corner so I could knock on two doors at once. 2004 South Wales Echo (Nexis) 4 Mar. 32 When these youngsters go scrumping, shoplifting or playing rat-tat ginger, they will be easier to catch as they are overweight and unfit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rat-tatv. Brit. /ˌratˈtat/, U.S. /ˌrætˈtæt/ Forms: also reduplicated. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rat-tat n. Etymology: < rat-tat n. 1. intransitive. To make a sharp rapping sound; esp. to knock. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [verb (intransitive)] > knock rap1440 bounce1570 rap-tap1800 rat-tat1824 1824 S. Ferrier Inheritance II. xiv. 157 She seizes it [sc. an oyster]—rat-tat-tats upon the shell, which instantly flies open with a prodigious noise. 1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold 200 No hand ever rat-tats there. 1910 Daily Chron. 14 Apr. 9/5 The lady rat-tat-tatted for half an hour. Then the housekeeper..sternly asked the visitor to be so good as to go away. 1916 H. Walpole Dark Forest i. vii. 188 A machine gun ‘rat-tat-tat-tated’ close to us. 1966 A. Cavanaugh Children are Gone ii. vi. 49 ‘Well, g'night.’ Her heels rat-tatted down the hall. 1999 L. Ross Cougar's Crossing (2005) xxviii. 263 They..were rewarded by the sound of a partridge drumming his dance of love, and a woodpecker rat-tat-tatting on a tree. 2. transitive. To cause (something) to make a sharp rapping sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > sound of blow [verb (transitive)] > knock rap1676 rat-tat1882 1882 F. Langbridge Her Beautiful Dream v. 46 She rat-tatted the great brass knocker almost jauntily now. 1918 Warren (Pa.) Evening Mirror 17 Jan. 5/2 A machinegun is ‘rat-tat-tat-tat-ing’ its evening tryout. 1953 ‘N. Blake’ Dreadful Hollow 106 Nigel rat-tat-tatted an imaginary tommy-gun at them. 2002 R. Robertson Moody Food (2006) 121 I rat-tatted the snare and tightened its head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.int.adj.1731v.1824
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