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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

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   What does tank mean?

   • 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. Get the Tanked mug. To tank something is to do badly or at it, or fail. One usually does this on tests that one is unprepared for. Tanking is the verb of tank.

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   What is the origin of the word tanked?

   • The word, “tanked” is an adjective meaning “extremely drunk”’ and is often used with ;up;.. For example, I was tanked last night. Its origin is, however, not known. Perhaps, taken from "drunk tank" - that is, a holding cell at a police station for intoxicated individual.

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   What is the past tense of tank?

   • Drunk. Simple past tense and past participle of tank. It had been a perfect day at Bird Song—until the phone call came and tanked any semblance of tranquility into a mire of despair. Yes—as if he had to get me tanked first. His opinion of Darkyn tanked. So you think he got tanked and took a midnight dip?

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   What does tanked up mean?

   • adj. Slang. Often, tanked′ up′. drunk. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content .

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   Tanked is an adjective that means drunk, often used with up. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history and usage of tanked from Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

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   May 24, 2012 · 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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   Tanked means drunk, especially in British English. It is also used in American English to mean stored in a tank or put in a tank. See examples, synonyms, pronunciation and word origin.

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   Tanked means very drunk, often from drinking cheap beer. Learn how to pronounce it, see example sentences and find synonyms in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

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

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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 is an adjective that means drunk, or a verb that means to make someone drunk. Learn how to use tanked in sentences and find similar words to tanked.