Meaning of tattoo | Babel Free

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1. A pony of a certain breed from India.
2. An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.
3. An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle
4. A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
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5. A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
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6. To beat out an even rhythm, as with the fingers.
7. 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)
8. 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).
9. A military display or pageant.
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10. To beat or tap rhythmically on; rap or drum on.
11. To apply a tattoo to (someone or something)
12. A rhythmic tapping.
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13. to make coloured patterns or pictures on part of a person's body by pricking the skin and putting in dyes. The design was tattooed on his arm. tatoeëer يَضَعُ وَشْما татуирам tatuar tetovat tätowieren tatovere κάνω τατουάζ tatuar tätoveerima خال کوبی کردن tatuoida tatouer לקעקע त्वचा पर गोदना tetovirati tetovál merajah tattóvera, húðflúra tatuare 入れ墨をする 문신을 하다 tatuiruoti tetovēt tatu tatoeërentatoveretatuowaćtatuar a tatua татуировать tetovať tetovirati tetovirati tatuera สักลายบนผิวหนัง dövm...
14. To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball
15. a design tattooed on the skin. His arms were covered with tattoos. tatoeëermerk وَشْم татуировка tatuagem tetování die Tätowierung tatovering τατουάζtatuaje tätoveering خال کوبی tatuointi tatouage כְּתוֹבֶת קַעֲקַע गोदना tetovaža tetoválás rajah tattó, húðflúr tatuaggio 入れ墨 문신 tatuiruotė tetovējums mencacah tatoeëringtatoveringtatuaż tatuagem tatuaj татуировка tetovanie tetovirana risba tetovaža tatuering รอยสัก dövme 紋身 татуювання گودا ہوا نقش hình xăm trên da 纹身
16. A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out)
17. getatoeëer مُوَشَّم татуиран tatuado tetovaný tätowiert tatoveret κατάστικτος, πολύστικτος tätoveeritud خال کوبی شده tatuoitu tatoué לְקַעֲקֵע tetoviran tetovált berajah tattóveraður, húðflúraður tatuare 入れ墨をした 문신을 한 ištatuiruotas tetovēts bertatu getatoeëerd tatovert tatuowany tatuado tatuat с татуировкой tetovaný tetoviran istetoviran tatuerad ซึ่งมีรอยสัก dövmeli 紋身的 той, що з татуюванням گودا ہوا có hình xăm 纹身的
18. A signal sounded on a drum or bugle to summon soldiers or sailors to their quarters at night.
19. A display of military exercises and music offered as evening entertainment.
20. A continuous, even drumming or rapping.
21. A permanent mark or design made on the skin by a process of pricking and ingraining an indelible pigment or by raising scars.
22. A design made on the skin with a temporary dye such as henna or ink.

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Examples

“His shirt sleeves were turned up, so upon his brawny arms his tattooes were visible.”

“Nothing pleases a Burman more than to be asked to show his tattooes. He is as delighted as a collector of curios in England. They consist of a series of pictures of tigers, lions, elephants, dragons, demons, and what-not, surrounded by mottoes invoking good fortune, and round waist and knees the whole is framed by a neat floral or scroll pattern.”

“Almost a century and a half after the De Soto Expedition, Joutel (Cox, 1905, II: 139–140), one of La Salle’s men, reacted to the Caddoes in much the same way as had De la Vega, finding their tattooes particularly repulsive. The Caddoes used needles or other sharp-pointed objects to prick the skin until the blood flowed, and then rubbed powdered charcoal into the wounds. When the wounds healed, the charcoal remaining under the skin made striking tattooes.”

“Victor was spot on, of course; in fact, I have often been tempted to seek him out when I have been plagued by diseases of the heart. He'd be able to tell me in ten seconds whether someone was worth a tattoo or not.”

“And here's a solution to an age old tattoo problem. If your girlfriend's name, say, "Suzie," is tattooed on your arm, and you break up with her, don't have the tattoo removed. Just have the tattoo reworked so it says, "Fuck Suzie."”

“And when they do, readers may find themselves on an unfamiliar website with an odd name, faced with a photo gallery of regrettable tattoos or a listicle on 22 celebrities with ugly spouses.”

“Study goes on until tattoo, which, when Pops was at the Point, was sounded at 9.30, followed by taps at 10.”

“the right hand became restless and began to beat out a silent tattoo upon the tabletop”

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