Crossword clues for rataplan
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. A continuous, even drumming or rapping, as of the hooves of a galloping horse, or machine-gun fire. vb. To drum repeatedly.
WordNet
Usage examples of "rataplan".
It recalls the rush of the freshening wind, The strain of the chestnut springing, And the rolling thunder of hoofs behind, Like the Rataplan chorus ringing.
The squall of wings became a storm, more tempestuous by the second, a spiraling rataplan that rapped all the way through her and drummed upon her bones.
Beck somewhere found and purchased a snare drum and a tenor drum, and conscripted another Slovak into the band to play them, for they served better than Hannibal's big bass drum to sound a suspenseful roll during a thrill act or a brisk rataplan during clownish knockabouts.
Beaten with thighbones, the water drum gave out a resonant rataplan which echoed from the mountains invisible across the lake.