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Tattoo

//tæˈtuː// noun, verb

Noun

1
An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.
"His shirt sleeves were turned up, so upon his brawny arms his tattooes were visible."
2
A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out). countable, uncountable
"Study goes on until tattoo, which, when Pops was at the Point, was sounded at 9.30, followed by taps at 10."
3
A pony of a certain breed from India.
4
the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining wordnet
5
A method of decorating a body part, usually the skin, by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).

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6
A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters. countable, uncountable
7
a design on the skin made by tattooing wordnet
8
A military display or pageant. countable, uncountable
9
a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters wordnet
10
A rhythmic tapping. countable, uncountable
"the right hand became restless and began to beat out a silent tattoo upon the tabletop"

Verb

1
To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
"She made Silas tattoo an anchor on her arm like his"
2
To tap rhythmically on, to drum.
"He had looked at the clock many scores of times; and at the street, where the rain was pattering down, and the people as they clinked by in pattens, left long reflections on the shining stone: he tattooed at the table: he bit his nails most completely […]"
3
stain (skin) with indelible color wordnet
4
To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.
"Jones tattoos one into the gap in left; that will clear the bases."

Etymology 1

From earlier tattaow, tattow, a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“tattoo; to tap, to strike”).

Etymology 2

From earlier tattaow, tattow, a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“tattoo; to tap, to strike”).

Etymology 3

From earlier tap-to, borrowed from Dutch taptoe, from tap (“tap; faucet on a cask”) + toe (“to; shut”). More at tap, to.

Etymology 4

From earlier tap-to, borrowed from Dutch taptoe, from tap (“tap; faucet on a cask”) + toe (“to; shut”). More at tap, to.

Etymology 5

From Hindi टट्टू (ṭaṭṭū).

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