tattoo.
An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.
Meaning & usage
An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.
A method of decorating a body part, usually the skin, by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).
Where this word comes from
From earlier tattaow, tattow, a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“tattoo; to tap, to strike”).
To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.
Jones tattoos one into the gap in left; that will clear the bases.
Where this word comes from
From earlier tattaow, tattow, a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“tattoo; to tap, to strike”).
A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
A military display or pageant.
A rhythmic tapping.
Where this word comes from
From earlier tap-to, borrowed from Dutch taptoe, from tap (“tap; faucet on a cask”) + toe (“to; shut”). More at tap, to.
To tap rhythmically on, to drum.
Where this word comes from
From earlier tap-to, borrowed from Dutch taptoe, from tap (“tap; faucet on a cask”) + toe (“to; shut”). More at tap, to.
A pony of a certain breed from India.
Where this word comes from
From Hindi टट्टू (ṭaṭṭū).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.