Term: rat-a-tat-tat: a series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door)
Candidate hypernym: tapping: the sound of light blow or knock → 1
Candidate hypernym: pounce: the act of pouncing → 0
Candidate hypernym: professional association: an association of practitioners of a given profession → 0
Candidate hypernym: exotoxin: a toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium → 0
Candidate hypernym: reamer: a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit → 0
Candidate hypernym: deoxycytidine monophosphate: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) → 0
Candidate hypernym: saccule: a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) → 0
Candidate hypernym: handicap: advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning → 0
Candidate hypernym: translation: a uniform movement without rotation → 0
Candidate hypernym: quadrilateral: a four-sided polygon → 0
Candidate hypernym: coyote: someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border) → 0