Tattoo

Quick meaning: Tattoo is a noun meaning An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.

Meaning

An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.

More Meanings

1. To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
2. (baseball) To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.
3. (nautical) A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
4. (military) A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
5. (military) A military display or pageant.
6. A rhythmic tapping.
7. 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).

Example Sentences

She made Silas tattoo an anchor on her arm like his

Jones tattoos one into the gap in left; that will clear the bases.

His shirt sleeves were turned up, so upon his brawny arms his tattooes were visible.

And when they do, readers may find themselves on an unfamiliar website with an odd name, faced with a photo gallery of regrettable tattoos or a listicle on 22 celebrities with ugly spouses.

Word Forms

• tattoos
• tattooes
• tattooing
• tattooed
• tattu

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