Definitions for tanks
tanks
tank
Spelling: [tangk]
IPA: /tæŋk/
Tanks is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 55 anagrams from letters in tanks (aknst).
Definitions for tanks
noun
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a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
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a natural or artificial pool, pond, or lake.
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Military. an armored, self-propelled combat vehicle, armed with cannon and machine guns and moving on a caterpillar tread.
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Slang. a prison cell or enclosure for more than one occupant, as for prisoners awaiting a hearing.
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tank top.
Idioms
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go in / into the tank, Boxing Slang. to go through the motions of a match but deliberately lose because of an illicit prearrangement or fix; throw a fight.
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in the tank, Slang.
failing, doing poorly, or declining:
favoring, colluding, or assisting in a partisan way (often followed by with or for):
Verb phrases
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tank up,
to fill the gas tank of an automobile or other motor vehicle.
Slang. to drink a great quantity of alcoholic beverage, especially to intoxication.
verb (used with object)
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to put or store in a tank.
verb (used without object)
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Slang. to do poorly or decline rapidly; fail:
Origin of tanks
1610-20; perhaps jointly Gujarati tānkh reservoir, lake, and Portuguese tanque, contraction of estanque pond, literally, something dammed up, derivative of estancar (Vulgar Latin *stanticāre)
Examples for tanks
You can tank up and give me the news in small chunks at the same time.
What they wished to get from him, in the way of speech, was another invitation to tank up.
A sea had come in over the after-deck, and had lifted the tank up from its lashings.
tank up, friend Goodall—have all the fun you can; then—off you go, in the middle of a jag, and s-s-save trouble and expense.