tank
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Collins Definition
Verb
tanks, plural;
/taNGk/,
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tanks, plural;
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Fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
- - the cars stopped to tank up
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Drink heavily; become drunk
- - they get tanked up before the game
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Fail completely, esp. at great financial cost
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(in sports) Deliberately lose or fail to finish (a game)
- - the lackluster performance prompted speculation that he tanked the second set
Noun
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A large receptacle or storage chamber, esp. for liquid or gas
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The container holding the fuel supply in a motor vehicle
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A receptacle with transparent sides in which to keep fish; an aquarium
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A heavy armored fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous articulated metal track
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A cell in a police station or jail
Web Definitions:
- an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
- store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
- a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids
- consume excessive amounts of alcohol
- as much as a tank will hold
- treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse"
- A tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility and tactical offensive and defensive capabilities. ...
- 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. ...
- Tank is the sixth studio album by British alternative electronica band Asian Dub Foundation.
- Tank (born Durrell Babbs on January 1, 1976 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American R&B singer, songwriter and producer.
- 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. ...
- 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. ...
- 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 ...
- (tanked) drunk
- (Tanked) Tashered, Tipsy, Trashed, Trollied, Troubled, Trousered, Twisted
- (Tanking) Get out of your trade, the market’s tanking! – Used to describe the market when it takes a sharp turn for the worst.
- (Tanking) a waterproof skin applied to the walls and floors of basements to prevent the penetration of groundwater.
- (TANKING(tank it out)) apply a cement based slurry mixture directly to an offending surface, to prevent moisture penetration and development of black mould.
- (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.
- (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 ...
- (Tanking) In flood, plenty of water flowing. e.g “The Lower is tanking”
- (Tanking) colloquial term for losing a game, set or match on purpose.
- (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
- Tanking is when penny stocks lose their value very quickly.
- (Tanks) When the drilling, testing, completing and equipping of a well is finished the well is said to be completed “to the tanks”.