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Definition tattoo

Etymology 1

tattoo (plural tattoos)

1. An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
2. A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface. The skin is punctured with a sharp instrument, which now is usually a solenoid-driven needle, that carries the inks to lower layers of the skin.
3. (military) A drum performance or display

Verb

tattoo (third-person singular simple present tattoos, present participle tattooing, simple past and past participle tattooed)

1. To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
2. To tap rhythmically on, to drum.
3. (baseball) To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

tattoo (plural tattoos)

1. (nautical) A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
2. A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
3. A military display or pageant.

Etymology 3

From Hindi ????? (?a???).

Noun

tattoo (plural tattoos)

1. A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.

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