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tattoo
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tæ?tu(?)/, [t?æ?t?u?(?)]
Etymology 1
From earlier tattaow, tattow, a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“tattoo; to tap, to strike”).
Noun
tattoo (plural tattoos)
- An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
- A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).
Derived terms
- tat
- tatt
Translations
Verb
tattoo (third-person singular simple present tattoos, present participle tattooing, simple past and past participle tattooed)
- To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
- (baseball) To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.
Derived terms
- screwed, blued and tattooed
- screwed, glued and tattooed
Translations
Derived terms
Further reading
- tattoo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From earlier tap-to, borrowed from Dutch taptoe, from tap (“tap; faucet on a cask”) + toe (“to; shut”). More at tap, to.
Noun
tattoo (countable and uncountable, plural tattoos)
- (nautical) A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
- 2017, Charles King, Cadet Days
- Study goes on until tattoo, which, when Pops was at the Point, was sounded at 9.30, followed by taps at 10.
- 2017, Charles King, Cadet Days
- (military) A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
- (military) A military display or pageant.
Translations
Verb
tattoo (third-person singular simple present tattoos, present participle tattooing, simple past and past participle tattooed)
- To tap rhythmically on, to drum.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 22:
- He had looked at the clock many scores of times; and at the street, where the rain was pattering down, and the people as they clinked by in pattens, left long reflections on the shining stone: he tattooed at the table: he bit his nails most completely […]
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 22:
Further reading
- military tattoo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3
From Hindi ????? (?a???).
Noun
tattoo (plural tattoos)
- A pony of a certain breed from India.
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backpiece
English
Etymology
back +? piece
Noun
backpiece (plural backpieces)
- A decorated comb that attaches a veil to the back of a bride's head.
- A large tattoo on a person's back.
- A piece or plate of armour protecting a person's back.
- Synonym: backplate
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