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Synonyms for tattooing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ta-too
Phonetic Transcription : tæˈtu

Définition of tattooing

Origin :
  • "signal," 1680s, "signal calling soldiers or sailors to quarters at night," earlier tap-to (1644, in order of Col. Hutchinson to garrison of Nottingham), from Dutch taptoe, from tap "faucet of a cask" (see tap (n.1)) + toe "shut." So called because police used to visit taverns in the evening to shut off the taps of casks. Transferred sense of "drumbeat" is recorded from 1755. Hence, Devil's tattoo "action of idly drumming fingers in irritation or impatience" (1803).
  • As in drum : verb beat, tap a beat
Example sentences :
  • Tattooing often reveals the psychology, habits, and vices of the individual.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
  • He sat for a minute tattooing with his fingers on the table, before speaking.
  • Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Under this the question of tattooing and its removal comes in.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
  • Comparatively, tattooing is not the hideous custom which it is called.
  • Extract from : « Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience » by Henry David Thoreau
  • The same effect of tattooing may be noticed, even in pictures.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • They are noted for tattooing their bodies more completely than any other tribe.
  • Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • They were the instruments used for tattooing in the islands of the Southern Seas.
  • Extract from : « The Mark Of Cain » by Andrew Lang
  • It was automatic, I think; besides, I am extremely interested in tattooing.
  • Extract from : « The Mark Of Cain » by Andrew Lang
  • Thieves are as fond of colouring as children are, and as fond of tattooing as are savages.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Victor Hugo » by Victor Hugo
  • Tattooing is not allowed, and those who practice it are expelled from the caste.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

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