Past tense of tattoo
regular verb
The past tense of tattoo is tattooed. The past participle is also tattooed.
Forms of tattoo
| Base form (V1) | tattoo /tæˈtu/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | tattooed |
| Past participle (V3) | tattooed |
| Present participle | tattooing |
| Third person singular | tattoos |
Tattooed in a sentence
- If your girlfriend's name, say, "Suzie," is tattooed on your arm, and you break up with her, don't have the tattoo removed.1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 31
- The man was so heavily tattooed that it was almost impossible to find any bare skin on his body.From the entry tattooed
- She was tattooed from top to toe.From the entry from top to toe
- One of them was a hulking brute of a man, heavily tattooed and with a hardened face that practically screamed "I just got out of jail."From the entry brute
- And what do you know, the one with the love-beads had Acey tattooed on one arm.2014, Dell Shannon, With Intent to Kill, →ISBN. From the entry love-beads
Meaning of tattoo
- noun An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.
- noun A method of decorating a body part, usually the skin, by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).
- verb To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
Questions about the past tense of tattoo
- What is the past tense of tattoo?
- The past tense of tattoo is tattooed.
- What is the past participle of tattoo?
- The past participle of tattoo is tattooed.
- Is tattoo a regular or irregular verb?
- Tattoo is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tattoo (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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