'Tattoo' definitions:
Definition of 'tattoo'
(from WordNet)
noun
A drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters
noun
A design on the skin made by tattooing
noun
The practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining
verb
Stain (skin) with indelible color
Definition of 'Tattoo'
From: GCIDE
- Tattoo \Tat*too"\, n. [Earlier taptoo, D. taptoe; tap a tap, faucet + toe to, shut (i. e., the taps, or drinking houses, shut from the soldiers).] (Mil.) A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp. [1913 Webster]
- The Devil's tattoo. See under Devil. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tattoo'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Tattoo'
From: GCIDE
- Tattoo \Tat*too"\, n.; pl. Tattoos. An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tattoo'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- band,
- bang,
- bar,
- barrage,
- bash,
- bat,
- bay,
- beat,
- beating,
- beep,
- belt,
- bespangle,
- bespeckle,
- bespot,
- biff,
- birthmark,
- blare,
- blast,
- blat,
- blaze,
- blaze a trail,
- blemish,
- blotch,
- blow,
- bonk,
- bowshot,
- brand,
- bray,
- bullet,
- cannon,
- caste mark,
- ceaselessness,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- chattering,
- check,
- check off,
- checker,
- checkmark,
- chop,
- cicatrix,
- cicatrize,
- clip,
- clout,
- clump,
- constancy,
- constant flow,
- continualness,
- continuity,
- crack,
- cut,
- dapple,
- dash,
- define,
- delimit,
- demarcate,
- detonation,
- dig,
- dint,
- discharge,
- discolor,
- discoloration,
- dot,
- drizzle,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drum,
- drum music,
- drumbeat,
- drumfire,
- drumming,
- earmark,
- ejection,
- engrave,
- engraving,
- fall,
- fanfare,
- flake,
- fleck,
- flick,
- flourish of trumpets,
- flutter,
- freckle,
- fusillade,
- gash,
- graving,
- gun,
- gunfire,
- gunshot,
- hack,
- harlequin,
- hatch,
- hit,
- honk,
- impress,
- imprint,
- incessancy,
- iris,
- jab,
- jot,
- knock,
- lentigo,
- lick,
- line,
- macula,
- maculate,
- make a mark,
- marble,
- marbleize,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- marking,
- mizzle,
- mole,
- motley,
- mottle,
- nevus,
- nick,
- noninterruption,
- notch,
- oscillation,
- palpitation,
- paradiddle,
- patch,
- patter,
- peal,
- pelt,
- pencil,
- pepper,
- perpetuity,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- plunk,
- point,
- poke,
- polka dot,
- polychrome,
- polychromize,
- potshot,
- pound,
- pounding,
- pour,
- pour with rain,
- precipitate,
- prick,
- print,
- pulsation,
- punch,
- punctuate,
- puncture,
- quick fire,
- rain,
- rain tadpoles,
- rainbow,
- rap,
- rapid fire,
- rapid recurrence,
- rapid succession,
- rapidity,
- rat-a-tat,
- rat-tat,
- rat-tat-tat,
- rataplan,
- rattattoo,
- regularity,
- repetition,
- riddle,
- roll,
- rub-a-dub,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- salvo,
- scar,
- scarification,
- scarify,
- score,
- scotch,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- seal,
- seam,
- shot,
- shower,
- shower down,
- shriek,
- slam,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- sock,
- spangle,
- spatter,
- speck,
- speckle,
- spit,
- splash,
- splotch,
- splutter,
- spot,
- spray,
- sprinkle,
- sputter,
- squeal,
- staccato,
- stain,
- stamp,
- steadiness,
- stigma,
- stigmatize,
- stipple,
- stoneshot,
- strawberry mark,
- streak,
- stream,
- striate,
- stripe,
- stroke,
- stud,
- stuttering,
- sustainment,
- swat,
- swing,
- swipe,
- tantara,
- tantarara,
- taps,
- tarantara,
- tat-tat,
- tattoo mark,
- tessellate,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- thrum,
- thump,
- thumping,
- thwack,
- tick,
- tick off,
- tittle,
- tom-tom,
- toot,
- tootle,
- trace,
- trumpet,
- trumpet blast,
- trumpet call,
- tweedle,
- underline,
- underscore,
- unintermission,
- uninterruption,
- variegate,
- vein,
- vibration,
- volley,
- watermark,
- weep,
- whack,
- whistle,
- whop,
- yerk