tank
noun
- Archaic in India, a natural or artificial pool or pond used for water storage
- any large container for liquid or gas: a gasoline tank, a swimming tank
- tank top
- tank suit
- a heavily armored, self-propelled combat vehicle armed with guns and moving on full tractor treads
- ☆ Slang a jail cell, esp. one for new prisoners charged with misdemeanors
transitive verb
- to put, store, or process in a tank
- Slang to lose (a game, match, etc.) deliberately or due to a lack of effort
intransitive verb
- to fail or go into a sharp decline
- to lose, esp. as a result of a lack of effort
See tank in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(tăngk)
nouna. A large, often metallic container for holding or storing liquids or gases.
b. The amount that this container can hold: buy a tank of gas.
- A usually artificial pool, pond, reservoir, or cistern, especially one used to hold water for drinking or for irrigation.
- An enclosed, heavily armored combat vehicle that is armed with cannon and machine guns and moves on continuous tracks.
- A tank top.
- Slang A jail or jail cell.
verb tanked tanked,
tank·ing,
tanks verb, transitive To place, store, or process in a tank.
verb, intransitive Slang To suffer a sudden decline or failure: “Steady investors . . . kept their heads when the stock market tanked in October 1987” (Burton G. Malkiel).
Phrasal Verb: tank up Slang To drink to the point of intoxication. To fill the tank of a motor vehicle with gasoline.
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