Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tattoo

3 senses of tattoo

Sense 1
tattoo -- (a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters)
       => drumbeat -- ((military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown)
       => bugle call -- (a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle)

Sense 2
tattoo -- (a design on the skin made by tattooing)
       => design, pattern, figure -- (a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors")

Sense 3
tattoo -- (the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining)
       => decoration -- (the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tattoo

1 sense of tattoo

Sense 1
tattoo -- (stain (skin) with indelible color)
       => stain -- (color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages")