| Noun | 1. | tattoo - a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quartersbugle call - a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle drumbeat - (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown | |
| 2. | tattoo - a design on the skin made by tattooing | |
| 3. | tattoo - the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and stainingdecoration - the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive) | |
| Verb | 1. | tattoo - stain (skin) with indelible colorstain - 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" | |