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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/ æˈٳː /
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
tattoo
2/ æˈٳː /
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
Derived Forms
- ٲˈٴǴDZ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٲ·ٴǴİ ٲ·ٴǴi noun
- ܲt·ٴǴDZ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tattoo1
Origin of tattoo2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tattoo1
Origin of tattoo2
Example Sentences
But his tattoos are his problem – notable now mostly for the fact that they would very likely prevent him from entering the armed forces if he today sought to enlist.
County sheriffs for the decades is the stream of allegations about tattooed internal gangs running amok at certain stations.
“It’s shocking how many tattoos I’ve seen of that sign,” Large said.
“So I was doing a lot of that. I was bringing tattoo artists and letting them do whatever they wanted to do. I would let them paint on the walls.”
He shared with me another picture, of his maimed hand, only now it also bore a tattooed message which expressed that his wounds were a cheap sacrifice in honour of Nasrallah, the late Hezbollah leader.
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