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tattoo

Definition

  • noun: a picture, word, etc., that is drawn on a person's skin by using a needle and ink
  • noun: a rapid rhythmic rapping
  • verb: to draw or write (a picture, word, etc.) on a part of someone's body by using a needle and ink
  • verb: to beat or rap rhythmically on
  • verb: to mark or color (the skin) with 'tattoos'
  • synonyms: band, bang, bar

Examples

  • A heart was 'tattooed' on his arm. [=he had a tattoo of a heart on his arm]

  • a 'tattoo parlor' [=a place where people go to get tattoos]

  • He had a 'tattoo' of a heart on his shoulder.

Movie quotes

  • (..) All I could assume was that the man behind it ... ... was the most demented individual on the planet. I was expecting some guy with.. Covered in tattoos and piercings. I assumed he was, you know ... ... a very skinny, scrawny methamphetamine abuser. (..)
    2001 The Matrix Revisited