Daughter has strange time getting tattoo (8)
I believe the answer is:
drumbeat
'tattoo' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'daughter has strange time' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'strange' becomes 'rum' (synonyms).
'time' becomes 'beat' (beat is a kind of time).
'd'+'rum'+'beat'='DRUMBEAT'
'getting' is the link.
(Other definitions for drumbeat that I've seen before include "Percussive noise" , "rhythmic sound!" , "Rataplan" , "Thumping" , "Percussion rhythm" .)