Taṭataṭāyati [onomatopoetic, to make a sound like taṭ taṭ.] to rattle, shake, clatter; to grind or gnash one's teeth; to fizz. Usually said of people in frenzy or fury (in present participle °yanto or °yamāna): Ja I 347 (rosena) 439 (kodhena); II 277 (of a bhikkhu kodhana "boiling with rage" like a "uddhane pakkhitta-loṇaṃ viya"); the latter trope also at Dhp-a IV 176; Dhp-a I 370 (aggimhi pakkhitta-loṇa-sakkharā viya rosena t.); III 328 (vātāhata-tālapaṇṇaṃ viya); Vv-a 47, 121 (of a kodhābhibhūto; v.l. kaṭakaṭāyamāna), 206 (+ akkosati paribhāsati), 256. Cf. also kaṭakaṭāyati and karakarā.
(pr, pr, onom, deno of taṭataṭa) makes a racket; makes a rat-a-tat-tat sound [lit.] makes a taṭataṭa sound Construction: taṭataṭa + āya + ti