DEVIL'S TATTOO

PRONUNCIATION: (dev-uhlz ta-TOO)

MEANING: noun: A rhythmic tapping of fingers, knuckles, or feet.

ETYMOLOGY: From devil, from Old English deofol, from Latin and Greek diabolus (accuser or slanderer), + tattoo (a series of hits, as on a drum), from Dutch taptoe (shut the tap). Earliest documented use: 1755.
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DEVI'S TATTOO - an image of the goddess Devi transferred to the skin of a devotee

DEVIL'S TATTOOT - what the band plays as you cross the River Styx

DEVIL'S TOT, TOO - it's not only God's chillin who got shoes