The act of beating out a rhythm on a drum / The act of marking the skin with a tattoo

present participle of tattoo

plural of tattooing

An image made in the skin with ink and a needle. / A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).

To apply a tattoo to (someone or something). / (baseball) To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.

(nautical) A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out). / (military) A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters. / (military) A military display or pageant.

To tap rhythmically on, to drum.

A pony of a certain breed from India.

Having one or more tattoos.

simple past tense and past participle of tattoo