tattoo

Pluraltattoos

Formstattoos, tattooing, tattooed

1. 1
   ink picturenouncountable

   A picture put on someone's body, usually with ink and a needle.

   She has a small tattoo of a bird on her wrist.

   His arms were covered in bright tattoos.

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2. 2
   mark with inkverbtransitive

   To put a tattoo on someone or something.

   He wants to tattoo his arm with a dragon.

   The artist tattooed my back in three long visits.

3. 3
   art formnoununcountable

   A way of decorating the body, usually the skin, by putting color under it with a sharp tool.

   Her uncle taught her the art of tattoo in his small shop.

   Tattoo is now a popular kind of art in many cities.

4. 4
   military shownouncountable or uncountable

   A big public show put on by soldiers.

   We watched the soldiers march at the tattoo last night.

   The tattoo ended with fireworks over the castle.

   Similarpageant

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5. 5
   bedtime callnouncountable or uncountable

   A drum or bugle call telling soldiers to go back to where they sleep, just before lights-out.

   When the soldiers heard tattoo, they walked back to their tents.

   The drummer played tattoo at nine o'clock every night.

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6. 6
   tap a beatverbtransitive or intransitive

   To tap on something with a steady beat, like a drum.

   Her fingers tattoo on the table when she is nervous.

   The rain tattooed on the roof all night.

   Similardrum, tap, rap, beat

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7. 7
   hit hard (baseball)verbtransitive

   To hit the ball very hard in baseball.

   She tattooed the ball over the fence.

   Our best hitter can tattoo any pitch near the plate.

   Similarcrush, smash, hammer

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8. 8
   Indian ponynouncountable

   A pony of a special kind that comes from India.

   She rode a brown tattoo to the next village.

   The farmer kept two tattoos for carrying goods to market.

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