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 | ||