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Inked vs Tattoed - What's the difference?

inked | tattoed |

As verbs the difference between inked and tattoed

is that inked is (ink) while tattoed is (nonstandard) (tattoo).

As an adjective inked

is (slang) having a tattoo or tattoos.

inked

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (slang) Having a tattoo or tattoos.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (ink)

    • Anagrams

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    tattoed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) (tattoo)

    • tattoo

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia tattoo) (en noun)
  • An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
  • A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface. The skin is punctured with a sharp instrument, which now is usually a solenoid-driven needle, that carries the inks to lower layers of the skin.

    • Verb

  • To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
  • (baseball) To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.
    • Jones tattoos one into the gap in left; that will clear the bases.

    Derived terms

    * tatt * tattoo artist * tattoo parlour *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) taptoe.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) 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.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) tatt? .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.