tank
IPA: tˈæŋk
noun
- A closed container for liquids or gases.
- An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
- A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).
- The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
- The amount held by a container; a tankful.
- An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
- (Australia, India) A reservoir or dam.
- (Southwestern US, chiefly Texas) A large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.
- (Southwestern US, chiefly Texas) By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
- (colloquial) A very muscular and physically imposing person; somebody who is built like a tank.
- (UK, slang, dated, by extension) A bouncer or doorman.
- (roleplaying games, board games, video games) a unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).
- (US, slang) A prison cell, or prison generally.
- (poker, slang) A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
- A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
- A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
- (rail transport) Short for tank engine and tank locomotive.
- (clothing) Short for tank top. [An item of casual clothing: a top with no sleeves.]
verb
- To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
- (video games) To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.
- (transitive) To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
- To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
- (fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
- (originally poker, slang) To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
- to put or keep in a tank
- (Singapore, informal) To stand; to tolerate.
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