tattoo
noun
a signal on a drum, bugle, or trumpet at night, for soldiers or sailors to go to their quarters.
tattooed
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past participleof tattoo.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof tattoo.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
tattoonouna signal on a drum, bugle, or trumpet at night, for soldiers or sailors to go to their quarters.
Example Sentences
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In several of her novels, Ms. Mandel has had characters with beloved quotations tattooed on their bodies, a practice that inspired a real-life trend of the author’s fans being inked with lines from her books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Even 11 years ago, when I started getting tattooed, the hands, neck and face were called 'job stoppers', and a lot of artists wouldn't tattoo people in those areas," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Wilson adores Odysseus so much that she has his bow tattooed on her right leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Another man had a shallot tattooed on his forearm, suggesting either a career behind the line or an allium devotion I could not hope to match.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
All prisoners in Chattana were tattooed with the name of their prison.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
