Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rat-a-tat

1 sense of rat-a-tat

Sense 1
rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat, rat-tat -- (a series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door))
       => tapping -- (the sound of light blow or knock; "he heard the tapping of the man's cane")