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Verb
/taNGk/,
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tanks, plural;
  1. Fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
    • - the cars stopped to tank up
  2. Drink heavily; become drunk
    • - they get tanked up before the game
  3. Fail completely, esp. at great financial cost

  4. (in sports) Deliberately lose or fail to finish (a game)
    • - the lackluster performance prompted speculation that he tanked the second set
Noun
  1. A large receptacle or storage chamber, esp. for liquid or gas

  2. The container holding the fuel supply in a motor vehicle

  3. A receptacle with transparent sides in which to keep fish; an aquarium

  4. A heavy armored fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous articulated metal track

  5. A cell in a police station or jail


  1. an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
  2. store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
  3. a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids
  4. consume excessive amounts of alcohol
  5. as much as a tank will hold
  6. treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse"
  7. A tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility and tactical offensive and defensive capabilities. ...
  8. The Cowboy Bebop anime series was accompanied by a number of highly-acclaimed soundtrack albums composed by Yoko Kanno and The Seatbelts, a diverse band Kanno formed specifically to create the music for the series, with a principal focus in jazz. ...
  9. Tank is the sixth studio album by British alternative electronica band Asian Dub Foundation.
  10. Tank (born Durrell Babbs on January 1, 1976 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American R&B singer, songwriter and producer.
  11. Tank is a 2 player arcade game by Atari Inc. subsidiary Kee Games, originally released on November 5, 1974 and designed by Steve Bristow and Lyle Rains. ...
  12. Tank is a British heavy metal band, formed in 1980 by Algy Ward, a former member of The Damned. The band is known as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. ...
  13. A container for liquids or gases, typically with a volume of several cubic metres; An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks; , a reservoir or dam; , a large metal container, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or ...
  14. (tanked) drunk
  15. (Tanked) Tashered, Tipsy, Trashed, Trollied, Troubled, Trousered, Twisted
  16. (Tanking) Get out of your trade, the market’s tanking! – Used to describe the market when it takes a sharp turn for the worst.
  17. (Tanking) a waterproof skin applied to the walls and floors of basements to prevent the penetration of groundwater.
  18. (TANKING(tank it out)) apply a cement based slurry mixture directly to an offending surface, to prevent moisture penetration and development of black mould.
  19. (Tanking) A membrane or coating applied to the vertical surface of masonry, usually at or below ground level and under certain conditions where it is necessary to prevent moisture migration and/or where contaminated ground conditions exist.
  20. (Tanking) Commonly, a tanker is a player who has high defence and high ranged and/or mage. However, in clan wars, a tanker is a player who runs around the arena, manouevering the opponent into positions where the tanker won’t be attacked but the opponent is still liable to attacks from the ...
  21. (Tanking) In flood, plenty of water flowing. e.g “The Lower is tanking”
  22. (Tanking) colloquial term for losing a game, set or match on purpose.
  23. (Tanking) to purposefully lose a match, because of poor mental game or others. Or, to simply purposefully lose one unnecessary set, so as to focus energy and attention on the final and match-deciding set
  24. Tanking is when penny stocks lose their value very quickly.
  25. (Tanks) When the drilling, testing, completing and equipping of a well is finished the well is said to be completed “to the tanks”.