Tattoo vs. Tat — What's the Difference?

A tattoo is a form of body modification made by inserting ink, dyes, and/or pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to form a design. The art of making tattoos is tattooing.

To do tatting or produce (something) by tatting.

An evening drum or bugle signal recalling soldiers to their quarters

To tattoo.

A design made by tattooing

A gene in the AIDS virus that stimulates the host cell to replicate genetic components of the virus.

Mark (a part of the body) with an indelible design by inserting pigment into punctures in the skin

The protein encoded by this gene that is a potent transactivator of viral replication.

A signal sounded on a drum or bugle to summon soldiers or sailors to their quarters at night.

A mark or design made on the skin; a tattoo.

A display of military exercises and music offered as evening entertainment.

Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.

A continuous, even drumming or rapping.

Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.

A permanent mark or design made on the skin by a process of pricking and ingraining an indelible pigment or by raising scars.

Gunny cloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius (jute).

A design made on the skin with a temporary dye such as henna or ink.

A pony.

To beat out an even rhythm, as with the fingers.

(slang) A tattoo.

To beat or tap rhythmically on; rap or drum on.

To make (something by) tatting.

To mark (the skin) with a tattoo.

(slang) To apply a tattoo.

To form (a tattoo) on the skin.

Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute.

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

A pony.

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

Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar

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

A projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture

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

Make lacework by knotting or looping

(military) A military display or pageant.

A pony of a certain breed from India.

To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).

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

To tap rhythmically on, to drum.

A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp.

An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; - a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors.

To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out.

A drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters

A design on the skin made by tattooing

The practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining

Stain (skin) with indelible color