Tattoo

What “Tattoo” means

Noun

1. An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.
2. 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).

Verb

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

Noun

1. 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.
4. A rhythmic tapping.

Verb

1. To tap rhythmically on, to drum.

Where the word comes from

From earlier tattaow, tattow, a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“tattoo; to tap, to strike”).

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

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Industries where “Tattoo” fits

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• Tattoo Shop