tat
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A picture or design made on the skin with ink
- noun
- /tæt/
- Informal
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tatuaje
- Check out this tat of a dragon I got last summer.
- jailhouse tats
- prison tats
- gang tats
I mean, I feel like some of us do already have tats, some don't.
- I mean, I feel like some of us do already have tats, some don't.
- They get like gang tats and whatnot.
- But they had neck tats, a lot of beautiful neck artwork.
- And I just like Seth's story, like I'd started as like his tats, like what those numbers mean.
- He got this face tat and a time when doing such thing was unfathomable.
- Jesus Christo man, damn your wife whoo she got a really pumped them tats out more.
- Oh, Doctor Lupo, Tim the tat man.
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He's a striking presence with his scruff, tight t-shirt, and tats hanging down his arm.
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But they had neck tats, a lot of beautiful neck artwork.
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Yo, you seen this tat though, right here?
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Big spider tat on his neck.
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Bro, a face tat might work.
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I especially like the tats all the way up her arm.
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I've seen that tat before, on elite Special Forces men.
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I mean, I feel like some of us do already have tats, some don't.
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Nice tat.
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Cool tats.
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tat
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- Informal
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to bodypaint
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Tat for a tattoo is a short form of tattoo, which comes from the Polynesian word 'tatau' meaning 'to mark', so a tat is simply a short name for a permanent mark on the skin.