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tattoo
1[ ta-too ]
noun
- a signal on a drum, bugle, or trumpet at night, for soldiers or sailors to go to their quarters.
- a knocking or strong pulsation:
My heart beat a tattoo on my ribs.
- British. an outdoor military pageant or display.
tattoo
2[ ta-too ]
noun
- the act or practice of marking the skin with indelible patterns, pictures, legends, etc., by making punctures in it and inserting pigments.
- a pattern, picture, legend, etc., so made.
verb (used with object)
- to mark (the skin) with tattoos.
- to put (tattoos) on the skin.
tattoo
1/ tæˈtuː /
verb
- to make (pictures or designs) on (the skin) by pricking and staining with indelible colours
noun
- a design made by this process
- the practice of tattooing
tattoo
2/ tæˈtuː /
noun
- (formerly) a signal by drum or bugle ordering the military to return to their quarters
- a military display or pageant, usually at night
- any similar beating on a drum, etc
Derived Forms
- tatˈtooer, noun
Other Words From
- tat·tooer tat·tooist noun
- untat·tooed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of tattoo1
Origin of tattoo2
Word History and Origins
Origin of tattoo1
Origin of tattoo2
Example Sentences
Hegseth has tattoos associated with white nationalist movements, including a symbol popular with Christian nationalists referred to as a Jerusalem cross.
It was the first time anyone had felt passionately enough to turn her name into a tattoo - and the timing could not have been better.
The legal dispute that led to this week’s ruling started last year, after the county Office of Inspector General demanded that dozens of deputies show their tattoos and name other suspected deputy gang members.
She said that many details in the heroine’s life – “her speaking tube, her scars, her tattoos, her hairdresser” – came directly from what she told Ms Dahdouh.
With those roles, Murray catapulted into a star, a heartthrob with a capital H. He became a fixture of the tabloids and every teen girl’s crush, with his winning smile, bad-boy charm and tattoos.
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