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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The art or practice of marking the body as described under tattoo, verb
  • noun The pattern, or combination of patterns, so produced.
  • noun The sounding of the tattoo; also, a trick of beating a tattoo with the fingers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act of beating out a rhythm on a drum
  • noun The act of marking the skin with a tattoo
  • verb Present participle of tattoo.

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