Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tattoo
Tattoo
tattoo
1. n. 1 an evening drum or bugle signal recalling soldiers to their quarters. 2 an elaboration of this with music and marching, presented as an entertainment. 3 a rhythmic tapping or drumming. Etymology: 17th-c. tap-too f. Du. taptoe, lit. 'close the tap' (of the cask) 2. v. & n. --v.tr. (tattoos, tattooed) 1 mark (the skin) with an indelible design by puncturing it and inserting pigment. 2 make (a design) in this way. --n. a design made by tattooing. Derivatives tattooer n. tattooist n. Etymology: Polynesian
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I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: alteration of earlier taptoo, from Dutch taptoe, from the phrase tap toe! taps shut! Date: circa 1627 a rapid rhythmic rapping, 2. a call sounded shortly before taps as notice to go to quarters, outdoor military exercise given by troops as evening entertainment, II. verb Date: 1780 transitive verb to beat or rap rhythmically on ; drum on, intransitive verb to give a series of rhythmic taps, III. transitive verb Etymology: Tahitian tatau, noun, ~ Date: 1769 to mark or color (the skin) with ~s, to mark the skin with (a ~) , ~er noun ~ist noun IV. noun (plural ~s) Date: 1777 the act of ~ing ; the fact of being ~ed, an indelible mark or figure fixed upon the body by insertion of pigment under the skin or by production of scars ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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