tattoo

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tattoo1

▶noun (pl. tattoos)

• 1 an evening drum or bugle signal recalling soldiers to their quarters.

• 2 Brit. a military display consisting of music, marching, and exercises.

• 3 a rhythmic tapping or drumming.

– origin C17 (orig. as tap-too) from Du. taptoe!, lit. ‘close the tap (of the cask)!’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tattoo2

▶verb (tattoos, tattooing, tattooed) mark with an indelible design by inserting pigment into punctures in the skin. ▶noun (pl. tattoos) a design made in such a way.

– derivatives
tattooer noun,
tattooist noun.

– origin C18: from Tahitian, Tongan, and Samoan ta-tau or Marquesan ta-tu.