tank

IPA: tˈæŋk

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.]

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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