tattoo

  1. Noun.  An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
  2. Noun.  A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface. The skin is punctured with a sharp instrument, which now is usually a solenoid-driven needle, that carries the inks to lower layers of the skin.
  3. Verb.  To apply a tattoo (to someone or something).
  4. Verb.  (baseball) To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.
  5. Noun.  (nautical) A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
  6. Noun.  a signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
  7. Noun.  a military display or pageant.
  8. Noun.  A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.