tattoo
noun
[ taˈtuː ]
• an evening drum or bugle signal recalling soldiers to their quarters.
• "a military tattoo takes place with clockwork precision"
Origin:
mid 17th century (originally as tap-too ) from Dutch taptoe!, literally ‘close the tap (of the cask)!’.
tattoo
verb
• mark (a part of the body) with an indelible design by inserting pigment into punctures in the skin.
• "his cheek was tattooed with a winged fist"
tattoo
noun
• a design made by tattooing.
• "they were muscle-bound men covered in scars and tattoos"
Similar:
body art,
design,
pattern,
figure,
stick and poke,
moko,
mehndi,
tat,
tatt,
ink,
Origin:
mid 18th century: from Tahitian, Tongan, and Samoan ta-tau or Marquesan ta-tu .
