tattoo
An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.
Other meanings
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 signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
A kind of
- design
Example sentences
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This definition is adapted from “tattoo” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.