Sekirov Dictionary

tattoo

/tæˈtuː/

noun 7
verb 3
forms 5

noun7

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a drawing on someone's body that will never wash off, made with color and a sharp point
- His shirt sleeves were turned up, so upon his brawny arms his tattooes were visible. — 1890
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).
A military display or pageant.
•
A rhythmic tapping.
- the right hand became restless and began to beat out a silent tattoo upon the tabletop — 1935
•
A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
- Study goes on until tattoo, which, when Pops was at the Point, was sounded at 9.30, followed by taps at 10. — 2017
•
A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
- The bumblebee's mane glowed in the morning light—each hair sharp and distinct to Eragon—and its blurred wings generated a gentle bombilation, like a tattoo played on a drum. — 2008
A pony of a certain breed from India.

verb3

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To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
- She made Silas tattoo an anchor on her arm like his — 1871
To tap rhythmically on, to drum.
•
To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.
- Jones tattoos one into the gap in left; that will clear the bases.

forms

tattoed · tattooed · tattooing · tattoos · tattooes

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