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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the sound made by beating a drum;
[syn: rub-a-dub, rataplan, drumbeat]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]