noun, verb
noun (plural tattoos)
1 a picture or design that is marked permanently on a person's skin by making small holes in the skin with a needle and filling them with coloured ink:
His arms were covered in tattoos. * She has a tattoo of a tiger on her shoulder.
2 (especially BrE) an outdoor show by members of the armed forces that includes marching, music and military exercises:
the Edinburgh military tattoo
3 [usuallysing.] a rapid and continuous series of taps or hits, especially on a drum as a military signal:
The drummers beat a tattoo each morning. * Her fingers tapped a light tattoo on the table. * George felt his heart begin to beat a tattoo against his ribs.
verb [VN] ~ A on B
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for tattoo is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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