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US
/ˌtæˈtu/
]
[ UK /tætˈuː/ ]
[ UK /tætˈuː/ ]
NOUN
- a design on the skin made by tattooing
- the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining
- a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters
VERB
- stain (skin) with indelible color
How To Use tattoo In A Sentence
- “At the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945, the Americans set up a display table to show Nazi atrocities,” Denier Bud began miasmically as the camera panned over the familiar objects: “A lot of bogus items, tattooed skin supposedly taken off bodies, a supposedly human skin lampshade, which in reality is just a basic lampshade, but they really went over the edge of dumb when they put this on the table.” The Lampshade
- Erin Lyle, co-owner of Marty's Auto on Rathbone Avenue, told the Daily Herald "We have three houses right next to us and we've never had a noise or nuisance issue ... they're (city) not picking on tattoo parlors or grocery stores or anyone else. Archive 2009-04-01
- She also has a teeny-tiny musical quaver tattooed on her neck. Times, Sunday Times
- The dead man has a Batman tattoo and a pierced navel.
- Her bite marks were still visible on his arm, bluer, inkier, darker than his tattoo. Beard
- As for the image - the mockney accent and the bovver boots - it is probably harder to remove than a tattoo. Times, Sunday Times
- [_CATTY sighs and groans, striking the back of one hand reiteratedly into the palm of the other -- rises -- beats the devil's tattoo as she stands -- then claps her hands again. Tales and Novels — Volume 08
- The problem is that cowboys like this give legitimate piercers/tattooists a bad name.
- The roster of tattooed, pierced misfits and post-punk gals has become a phenomenon with a recent burlesque revue touring North America.
- The four defendants were charged for tattooing their bodies to evade conscription immediately after they were judged physically competent to serve in the military.