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Definitions for Tattoo

[1] a signal on a drum, bugle, or trumpet at night, for soldiers or sailors to go to their quarters.
[2] a knocking or strong pulsation: My heart beat a tattoo on my ribs.
[3] British . an outdoor military pageant or display.
[4] the act or practice of marking the skin with indelible patterns, pictures, legends, etc., by making punctures in it and inserting pigments.
[5] a pattern, picture, legend, etc., so made.
[6] to mark (the skin) with tattoos.
[7] to put (tattoos) on the skin.
[8] (formerly) a signal by drum or bugle ordering the military to return to their quarters
[9] a military display or pageant, usually at night
[10] any similar beating on a drum, etc
[11] to make (pictures or designs) on (the skin) by pricking and staining with indelible colours
[12] a design made by this process
[13] the practice of tattooing

Words related to Tattoo

symbol, emblem, brand, design, mark, tapping, rapping

Words nearby Tattoo

tatting, tattle, tattler, tattletale, tattletale gray, tattoo, tattva, tatty, tatum, tatung, tau

Origin of Tattoo

21760–70; < Marquesan tatu; replacing tattow < Tahitian tatau

Other words from Tattoo

tat·too·er , tat·too·ist , noun
un·tat·tooed , adjective

Word origin for Tattoo

C18: from Tahitian tatau

Synonyms for Tattoo

emblem, symbol, brand, design, mark