Tattoo
noun — Plural: Tattoos
- 1.
- (Drum or bugle signals calling soldiers or sailors to their quarters at night, a continuous beating or tapping) ការសាក់លើស្បែក
Example: The sailor had a picture of a crown tattooed on his arm. - 2.
- (1. A signal sounded on a drum or bugle to summon soldiers or sailors to their quarters at night. 2. A display of military exercises offered as evening entertainment. 3. A continuous, even drumming or rapping) សញ្ញា (ដោយវាយស្គរ ។ល។)
- 3.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) សាក់ខ្លួន, សាក់ស្បែក
verb — past tense: tattooed ; past participle: tattooed ; present participle: tattooing ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (To beat out an even rhythm, as with the fingers. To beat or tap rhythmically on; rap or drum on) វាយស្គរជាសញ្ញា
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (1. To mark [the skin] with a tattoo. 2. To form [a tattoo] on the skin) សាក់លើស្បែក
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Tattoos
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- 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.
verb — past tense: tattooed ; past participle: tattooed ; present participle: tattooing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out.