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tattoo

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noun (1)

tat·​too ta-ˈtü How to pronounce tattoo (audio)
plural tattoos
1
: a mark, figure, design, or word intentionally fixed or placed on the skin:
a
: one that is indelible and created by insertion of pigment under the skin
b
: one that is temporarily applied to the skin, resembles a permanent tattoo, and usually lasts for a few days to several weeks
c
: one that is composed of scar tissue intentionally created by cutting, abrading, or burning the skin
2
: the act of tattooing : the fact of being tattooed

tattoo

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verb (1)

tattooed; tattooing; tattoos

transitive verb

1
: to mark the skin with (a tattoo)
tattooed a flag on his chest
2
: to mark or color (the skin) with tattoos
tattooer noun
tattooist noun

tattoo

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noun (2)

plural tattoos
1
: a rapid rhythmic rapping
2
a
: a call sounded shortly before taps as notice to go to quarters
b
: outdoor military exercise given by troops as evening entertainment

tattoo

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verb (2)

tattooed; tattooing; tattoos

transitive verb

1
: to beat or rap rhythmically on : drum on
2
baseball, informal
a
: to hit (a pitched ball) very hard
An RBI single followed, and then Rougned Odor tattooed the first pitch he saw for a three-run homer. Derrick Goold
b
: to get many hits and runs against (a pitcher)
The Twins tattooed him for four more in the third … Brian Murphy

intransitive verb

: to give a series of rhythmic taps

Did you know?

The less common noun tattoo comes from the Dutch colloquialism "tap toe," which can be translated as "turn off the tap," though it was most often used to mean something like "Shut up! Cease!" The Dutch began using the word taptoe for a drum beat, and then English speakers borrowed the term (changing it slightly, to taptoo and, eventually, to tattoo). It was used especially by the military to name a drum beat (or possibly a bugle call) that signaled the day's end. This taptoo most likely led to our taps, a term for the final bugle call at night in the military.

Word History

Etymology

Verb (1)

Tahitian tatau, noun, tattoo

Noun (2)

alteration of earlier taptoo, from Dutch taptoe, from the phrase tap toe! taps shut!

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1777, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Verb (1)

1769, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Noun (2)

circa 1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

1780, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of tattoo was circa 1627

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