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   tank

   /taŋk/

   noun

   • 1. a large receptacle or storage chamber, especially for liquid or gas.
   • ▪ the container holding the fuel supply in a motor vehicle, aircraft, etc.: "the trucks all had a full tank of gasoline" Similar containerreceptaclevatcisternbarrelstorage chamberrepositoryreservoirholderbasin
   • ▪ a receptacle with transparent sides in which to keep fish; an aquarium. Similar aquariumbowl
   • ▪ a reservoir. Indian, Australian, New Zealand
   • 2. a heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous articulated metal track. Similar armoured vehiclearmoured carcombat vehiclePanzer
   • 3. short for tank engine
   • 4. a cell in a police station or jail. informal North American
   • 5. short for tank top

   verb

   • 1. fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel: "the cars stopped to tank up"
   • ▪ drink heavily; become drunk: informal British "they get tanked up before the game"
   • 2. fail completely, especially at great financial cost: informal US "the previous movie had tanked at the box office"
   • ▪ (in sport) deliberately lose or fail to finish (a match): informal North American "the powerful baseliner had tanked the match"
   • 3. defeat heavily: informal Scottish "Rangers tanked the local side 8–0"

   Word Origin early 17th century: perhaps from Gujarati tānkũ or Marathi tānkẽ ‘underground cistern’, from Sanskrit tadāga ‘pond’, probably influenced by Portuguese tangue ‘pond’, from Latin stagnum. The military vehicle took its name from the use of tank as a secret code word during manufacture in 1915.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tankful noun
   • 2. tankless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   The meaning of TANKED is drunk —often used with up. How to use tanked in a sentence.

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   Dec 1, 2020 · 1: to be intoxicated. 2: to do very bad in. 3: to launch, throw, hit, something very, very, very far. Bob was tanked last night at the bar. Bob tanked his math test yesterday. Bob tanked the golf ball over 6 houses, before it hit a telephone pole. by crizpymangos4ever March 17, 2015.

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   If someone is tanked or tanked up, they are drunk. [informal].... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   Definition of tanked adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Define tanked. tanked synonyms, tanked pronunciation, tanked translation, English dictionary definition of tanked. adj. Slang Intoxicated; drunk. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   Tanked definition: put or stored in a tank. . See examples of TANKED used in a sentence.

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   If someone is tanked or tanked up, they are drunk. [informal].... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.