tattoo
noun
a signal on a drum, bugle, or trumpet at night, for soldiers or sailors to go to their quarters.
tattoos
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pluralof tattoo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof tattoo (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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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Some showed off their “Portlandia” tattoos or photos of themselves dressed for Halloween as Toni and Candace, the feminist bookstore characters they played on the series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
At one party, a neighbor of mine, a tattoo artist who had no tattoos of his own, generously lent me four tufted beanbags in a demure oatmeal color.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
To drum up traffic, she recruited one of the tenants at Tiller Terrace to draw free henna tattoos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Even today, some older men bear facial tattoos associated with the Konyaks' historical practice of headhunting.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
His dad looked like Giant Haystacks the wrestler, with tattoos snaking up his arms.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
