beat a tattoo
Synonyms beat a tattoo

beat a tattoo

beat

beat the drum

count

drum

flutter

palpitate

patter

pound

pulsate

roll

ruffle

splatter

splutter

sputter

tap
Funny jokePresident Dubya was awakened one night by an
urgent call from the Pentagon. "Mr. President," said the four-star
general, barely able to contain himself, "there's good news & bad
news." "Oh, no," muttered the President, "Well, let me have the bad
news
first." "The bad news, sir, is that we've been invaded by
creatures
from another planet." "Gosh, and the good news?" "The good
news,
sir, is that they eat reporters and pee oil."
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