tattoo
IPA: tætˈu
noun
- An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
- A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).
- (nautical) A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
- (military) A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
- (military) A military display or pageant.
- A pony of a certain breed from India.
verb
- To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
- (baseball) To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.
- To tap rhythmically on, to drum.
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Examples of "tattoo" in Sentences
- I have a tattoo on my back.
- Tattoo ink is held in the dermis.
- The tattoo is incised on his back.
- I got this tattoo for the good of the show.
- Tattoo was a symbol of manhood in some tribes.
- The men had tattoos on the torso and the stomach.
- Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased.
- I seem to recall seeing the tattoo in The Sillurians.
- The exposed skin of the chin and head is often tattooed.
- It shouldn't be an avuncular lecture on why not to get a tattoo.
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