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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"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
Or a new generation of candidates – tattooed veterans, mechanics, bartenders – whose biography is supposed to do the political work that policy has not.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Ashton Lansdell is tattooed with reminders of her faith in herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Plus, an AI startup offers job interviews to candidates who get tattooed, and Kevin Warsh’s honeymoon with the bond market is already over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
As I fasten the iridescent black buttons, I catch notice of the number tattooed on my arm—A28865—from the day I lost my name in a distant world.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
