Examples of “tattoo” in a Sentence

noun A permanent design made on the skin by injecting ink with a needle.

• He designed a tattoo of a mountain range for his shoulder.
• She got a small tattoo of a swallow on her wrist.
• His arm was covered in colorful tattoos.

verb To mark someone's skin permanently with such a design.

• She plans to tattoo a tiny star on her ankle.
• The artist carefully tattooed a rose onto his forearm.
• He had his son's name tattooed above his heart.

noun A military drumming or bugle signal, or a public display of military music and marching.

• The band played a stirring tattoo as the soldiers marched past.
• We bought tickets for the tattoo at the castle this summer.
• Crowds gathered to watch the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.