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Tattoo vs Tattooed - What's the difference?

tattoo | tattooed |

As verbs the difference between tattoo and tattooed

is that tattoo is to apply a tattoo to (someone or something) while tattooed is past tense of tattoo.

As a noun tattoo

is an image made in the skin with ink and a needle.

As an adjective tattooed is

having been tattooed with one or more tattoos.

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.
  • tattooed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having been tattooed with one or more tattoos.
  • The man was so heavily tattooed that it was almost impossible to find any bare skin whatever on his body.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tattoo)