tarara Also redupl.
(təˈrɑːrə)
[Echoic.]
= taratantara 1.
| 1891 Kipling Light that Failed ii. 18 Ridin', ridin', ridin', two an' two, Ta-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra, All the way to Kandahar. 1892 ― Barrack-Room Ballads 57 You can't refuse when you get the card And the widow gives the party. (Bugle: Ta—rara—ra-ra-rara!) 1980 D. Bloodworth Trapdoor v. 25 The situation was..saved in the nick of time—tarara, tarara—by a little old lady. |