motorcade vs tattoo

motorcade

noun
  • A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures. 

verb
  • To travel in a motorcade. 

tattoo

noun
  • A military display or pageant. 

  • A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters. 

  • A pony of a certain breed from India. 

  • An image made in the skin with ink and a needle. 

  • A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle). 

  • A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out). 

verb
  • To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball. 

  • To tap rhythmically on, to drum. 

  • To apply a tattoo to (someone or something). 

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