TATTOO


Meaning of TATTOO in English

tattoo 1

/ta tooh"/ , n. , pl. tattoos .

1. a signal on a drum, bugle, or trumpet at night, for soldiers or sailors to go to their quarters.

2. a knocking or strong pulsation: My heart beat a tattoo on my ribs.

3. Brit. an outdoor military pageant or display.

[ 1570-80; earlier taptoo taptoe lit., the tap(room) is to (i.e., shut) ]

tattoo 2

— tattooer, tattooist , n.

/ta tooh"/ , n. , pl. tattoos , v. , tattooed, tattooing .

n.

1. the act or practice of marking the skin with indelible patterns, pictures, legends, etc., by making punctures in it and inserting pigments.

2. a pattern, picture, legend, etc., so made.

v.t.

3. to mark (the skin) with tattoos.

4. to put (tattoos) on the skin.

[ 1760-70; tatu; r. tattow tatau ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .