Dictionary![]() ![]() tat•tooPronunciation: (ta-tOO'), [key] —n., —pl. -toos. 1. a signal on a drum, bugle, or trumpet at night, for soldiers or sailors to go to their quarters. 2. a knocking or strong pulsation: My heart beat a tattoo on my ribs. 3. Brit.an outdoor military pageant or display. tat•tooPronunciation: (ta-tOO'), [key] —n., pl. -toos, —v., -tooed, -too•ing. —n. 1. the act or practice of marking the skin with indelible patterns, pictures, legends, etc., by making punctures in it and inserting pigments. 2. a pattern, picture, legend, etc., so made. —v.t. 1. to mark (the skin) with tattoos. 2. to put (tattoos) on the skin. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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