TATOO TEAR 

An ink fluid mark of a teardrop located under the eye, usually used to signify a commited murder. The teardrop is also used to display endless sorrow, such as the loss of a close friend, or life sentence in prison.

I earned my tatoo tear by poppin' that fuckin snitch.

TATOO TEAR by J. THOMPSON July 9, 2006

tear drop tatoo 

A tatoo usually placed on the face of someone who either has killed another person, or wants to front and act like they have cause they think it's cool. Wanna-be's aside, the legitimate wearers of this tatoo likely killed someone with a knife or gun because they are pussies and can't fight fair.

"yo dawg, that tear drop tatoo is tight, yo pussy ass musta shanked somebody cause i know yo skinny ass didn't beat him to death.....PUSSY"

tear drop tatoo by marmarthe2nd May 21, 2008

Tattoo Tear 

among southern Californian gangs A tattoo placed under the eye that is used to signify the lost of a loved one or good friend. an empty tear signifies that the loved one had been killed in murder. a filled tattoo signifies that the loved one had killed themselves or was killed in another cause (car crash, death penalty etc.). Tattoo's with a half empty top and a half full bottom means that the loved one had been murdered but their killer was murdered by the Tattoo wearer.

Rappers Lil wayne, The Game, Birdman, and DMX all sport tear tattoo's in memory of their friends. Lil Wayne has two tattoo tear's

Tattoo Tear by Johnston Carroll July 25, 2007

Tattoo Tear 

Traditionally the tattoo tear signified that the wearer had killed someone. The meaning of the tattoo however can vary between ethnicity and region. For example in australia, a tattoo tear is sometimes forefully tattooed on an inmate who had sexually assualted a child. More recently the tattoo tear has come to mean a fellow family or gang member has dies while the wearer was incarcerated. If you do not fit any of these criteria don't get a tear tattoo.

Lil' Wayne has a Tattoo Tear under his eye.

Tattoo Tear by Kactapuss October 31, 2006

Tattoo Tear 

When a friend of yours is killed, you would get a tattoo tear instead of shedding tears in the physical.

the game's above his left cheek

Tattoo Tear by BiG PoPpA O7 July 28, 2005

Tattoo Tear 

When ur friend or someone close to u dies or is kill u get two tattoo tears to represent ur loss andthe feelings u had for them, but when u get ur revenge by killing the person who killed ur friend/family member u only tattoo one tear

Game has one tattoo tear because of some shit that went down, and lil wayne has two tattoo tears for his dead father

Tattoo Tear by Silk1235 September 12, 2006

Tear drop tattoo 

The tear drop a person gets while in prison is a sign of humiliation, and a sign that he was raped. The tear drop also shows to his family that he became someone elses "bitch"

The tear drop tattoo they made me get was humiliating.

Tear drop tattoo by ogsmoker June 13, 2017