tattoo
verb/təˈtuː/
/tæˈtuː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they tattoo | /təˈtuː/ /tæˈtuː/ |
| he / she / it tattoos | /təˈtuːz/ /tæˈtuːz/ |
| past simple tattooed | /təˈtuːd/ /tæˈtuːd/ |
| past participle tattooed | /təˈtuːd/ /tæˈtuːd/ |
| -ing form tattooing | /təˈtuːɪŋ/ /tæˈtuːɪŋ/ |
- to mark somebody’s skin with a tattoo
- tattoo A on B He had a heart tattooed on his shoulder.
- tattoo B (with A) His shoulder was tattooed with a heart.
- His body was heavily tattooed.
Word Originverb mid 18th cent.: from Tahitian, Tongan, and Samoan ta-tau or Marquesan ta-tu. Marquesan is the Polynesian language of the Marquesas Islands in the South Pacific.Definitions on the go
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