tat up

Definitions

1. To apply a tattoo.
   literally, transitive
2. To get tattoos.
   intransitive, transitive

Examples

“He's tatting up that client.”

“The sailor tatted up throughout his lifetime.”

“Week after week, racist posts appear⟳ on Thee Rant, a blog for current or former New York City police officers: African Americans are called “apes;” a retired officer says one of the blessings of retirement is not having to work⟳ the Puerto Rican Day parade, with its “old obese tatted up women stuffed into outfits that they purchased or shoplifted at the local Kmart store; […]”

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