tank

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tank
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Meanings
noun
  • a large receptacle or storage chamber, especially for liquid or gas.
  • a heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous articulated metal track.
  • short for tank engine.
    E.g. a large class of 0-6-0 tanks
  • a cell in a police station or jail.
  • short for tank top.
verb
  • fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel.
    E.g. the cars stopped to tank up
  • fail completely, especially at great financial cost.
    E.g. the previous movie had tanked at the box office
  • defeat heavily.
    E.g. Rangers tanked the local side 8–0

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