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tattooing

tattooing noun: the act of beating out a rhythm on a drum. Also the present participle and gerund of tattoo.

Noun

tattooing (countable and uncountable, plural tattooings)

  1. The act of beating out a rhythm on a drum
  2. The act of marking a body part, usually the skin with a tattoo

Also used as

tattooing is also the present participle and gerund of tattoo.

Forms of tattooing

pluraltattooings

Words formed from tattooing

Questions about tattooing

What does tattooing mean?
Tattooing means the act of beating out a rhythm on a drum.
What part of speech is tattooing?
Tattooing is a noun.
What is the plural of tattooing?
The plural of tattooing is tattooings.

Words near tattooing in the dictionary

  1. tattooers
  2. tattooes
  3. Tattoogate
  4. tattooification
  5. tattooifications
  6. tattooing
  7. tattooings
  8. tattooist
  9. tattooists
  10. tattooless
  11. tattoolike

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