- a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- a dark, protective fluid ejected by the cuttlefish and other cephalopods.
- a tattoo or tattoos: Oh, nice, you got new ink!
- publicity, especially in print media: Their construction plans got some ink in the local paper.
- to mark, stain, cover, or smear with ink: to ink one's clothes.
- to sign one's name to (an official document): We expect to ink the contract tomorrow.
- to mark (the skin) with tattoos: The team agreed that they would all get inked if they brought home the championship this year.
- a fluid or paste used for printing, writing, and drawing
- a dark brown fluid ejected into the water for self-concealment by an octopus or related mollusc from a gland (ink sac) near the anus
- to mark with ink
- to coat (a printing surface) with ink
