rat-a-tat vs thud

rat-a-tat

thud

noun
  • The sound of a dull impact. 

  • A slower, dull impact with a wide surface area. 

  • A hard, dull impact. 

verb
  • To make the sound of a dull impact. 

How often have the words rat-a-tat and thud occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )