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An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.

A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).

To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).

To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.

Example: Jones tattoos one into the gap in left; that will clear the bases.

A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).

A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.

A military display or pageant.

To tap rhythmically on, to drum.

A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.