English noun: tattoo | |||
1. | tattoo (communication) a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bugle call, drumbeat | ||
Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
2. | tattoo (artifact) a design on the skin made by tattooing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | design, figure, pattern | ||
3. | tattoo (act) the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining | ||
Broader (hypernym) | decoration | ||
English verb: tattoo | |||
1. | tattoo (creation) stain (skin) with indelible color | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something on somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stain | ||
Entail | prick, prickle | ||