rat-a-tat
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The final third of the show went rat-a-tat with songs from the last gasp of the Top 40 monoculture: “Grenade” and “Uptown Funk” and the like.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
“People were amazed. They could see these top stars singing and dancing. They could hear the rat-a-tat of the guns. And sound also made for a tremendous amount of creativity in movie making.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
Inspired by US vocal harmony groups such as En Vogue and SWV, Mis-Teeq cleverly incorporated garage and hip-hop to their sound, with Alesha Dixon's rat-a-tat MC'ing setting them apart from more their pop rivals.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
As four Northwest Tap Connection dancers struck the metal plates of their shoes against the wooden podium, twisting, jumping and toe-toe-heel-heel-ing in ever-changing formations, they added layers of rat-a-tat to the rhythmic drum track.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2023
The man pulled drumsticks from his vest pocket and gave a practice rat-a-tat run before readjusting some buckets.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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