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, A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed, a design on the skin made by tattooing, verb_ stain (skin) with indelible color, To apply a tattoo to (someone or something), baseball To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball, transitive verb_ To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out