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tattoo

[tʰæˈtʰʉw]noun, verb2 syllables

Tattoo means: a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters.

What does tattoo mean?4

noun

1

a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters

2

a design on the skin made by tattooing

3

the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining

verb

1

stain (skin) with indelible color

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with tattoo?60

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Tattoo in a sentence

  • She has a tattoo of a lizard on her thigh.darinmex
  • I want to get a tattoo of a dragon on my back.CK
  • I want a tattoo that shows our love.OsoHombre
  • You should seriously consider a career as a tattoo cover-up artist.nickyeow
  • He told me that he showed his tattoo to her.CH
  • I hear you get a free forehead tattoo when you join the gang.Eccles17
  • Is teeth cleaning more painful than getting a tattoo?OsoHombre
  • I have a tattoo of an anchor on my right arm.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of tattoo

as a noun

plural
tattoos

as a verb

third-person singular
tattoos
present participle
tattooing
past participle
tattooed
past tense
tattooed