Tattoo vs. Tato

Tattoonoun

An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.

Tattoonoun

A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface. The skin is punctured with a sharp instrument, which now is usually a solenoid-driven needle, that carries the inks to lower layers of the skin.

Tattoonoun

(military) A drum performance or display

Tattoonoun

(nautical) A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).

Tattoonoun

A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.

Tattoonoun

A military display or pageant.

Tattoonoun

A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.

Tattooverb

To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).

Tattooverb

To tap rhythmically on, to drum.

Tattooverb

(baseball) To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.

Tattoonoun

A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp.

Tattoonoun

An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; - a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors.

Tattooverb

To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out.

Tattoonoun

a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters

Tattoonoun

a design on the skin made by tattooing

Tattoonoun

the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining

Tattooverb

stain (skin) with indelible color

Tattoonoun

an evening drum or bugle signal recalling soldiers to their quarters

Tattoonoun

an entertainment consisting of music, marching, and the performance of displays and exercises by military personnel

Tattoonoun

a rhythmic tapping or drumming

Tattoonoun

a design made by tattooing

Tattooverb

mark (a part of the body) with an indelible design by inserting pigment into punctures in the skin

Tattooverb

make (an indelible design) on a part of the body by inserting pigment into punctures in the skin

Tattoo

A tattoo is a form of body modification made by inserting ink, dyes, and/or pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to form a design. The art of making tattoos is tattooing.

Tato

Tato (died 510) was an early 6th century king of the Lombards. He was the son of Claffo and a king of the Lething Dynasty.