Definition of tank
1 : a usually large receptacle for holding, transporting, or storing liquids (such as water or fuel)
2 : an enclosed heavily armed and armored combat vehicle that moves on tracks
3 : tank top
4 dialect : pond, pool; especially : one built as a water supply
5 : a prison cell or enclosure used especially for receiving prisoners
in the tank
orinto the tank
: in or into a decline or slump the sullen student's grades went into the tank
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Recent Examples of tank from the Web
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Food, bounce houses, dunk tank, games, face painting, family competitions and more.
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The American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, reported the pay gap between male and female White House staffers has more than tripled under President Donald Trump.
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Employees of mosquito control services generally blow an insecticide from a backpack-style tank, targeting the underside of leaves, vegetation, ground cover and other cool, dark areas where mosquitoes lurk.
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The conservative think tank wants school districts to start paying for teacher pensions instead of the state.
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In 2014, the Russian Navy recovered a M4A2 Sherman tank shipped to the USSR as part of Lease Lend.
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Böttger says simply cleaning these machines isn’t good enough, and that any HCU design with an open water tank is fundamentally susceptible to infection—if not from contamination at the factory, then from microbes in the hospital.
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Another big ticket item on Tuesday's agenda is for $488,660 for water storage tanks to be used for irrigation at the sports complex at Cedar Lane in Creswell.
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Go-to outfit: Skinny jeans, a dressy tank top, blazer and heels.
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Origin and Etymology of tank
Portuguese tanque, alteration of estanque, from estancar to stanch, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *stanticare — more at stanch
tank
Definition of tank
transitive verb
1 : to make no effort to win : lose intentionally tanked the match
2 : to place, store, or treat in a tank
intransitive verb
1 : to lose intentionally : give up in competition
2 : to suffer rapid decline, failure, or collapse bought a stock that quickly tanked
Examples of tank in a Sentence
Some people say she deliberately tanked the match.
Some people have accused her of tanking.
Recent Examples of tank from the Web
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Those type of picks in successive years are what justify the banking – not tanking – organizational strategy.
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Hedge funds boosted bets on a rally just before West Texas Intermediate prices tanked from a report showing surging American stockpiles.
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Former NFL general manager Bill Polian used former Auburn place-kicker Cody Parkey to support his contention that the Cleveland Browns were tanking during the 2016 season.
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Also, going into rebuild mode isn’t as easy as tanking a season and grabbing the can’t-miss top pick in the draft.
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Because short sellers make money when a stock’s price falls, the move was essentially a bet in favor of the stocks tanking when news of the pay cut broke.
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The competition is an encore of a bid process that tanked last summer amid complaints about the selection process and lack of public input.
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Landing Robert equated to tanking an entire season to get the No.
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Tanks a lot Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says his team lost on purpose this past season after it was eliminated from playoff contention.
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First Known Use of tank
1863
TANK Defined for English Language Learners
tank
playDefinition of tank for English Language Learners
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: a container for holding a liquid or gas
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: the amount that a tank will hold
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: a military vehicle that moves on two large metal belts with wheels inside them and that is covered in heavy armor
tank
Definition of tank for English Language Learners
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: to be very unsuccessful : to fail completely
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: to make no effort to win a contest (such as a tennis match) : to deliberately lose a game, match, etc.
TANK Defined for Kids
tank
playDefinition of tank for Students
1 : an often large container for a liquid water tank fish tank
2 : an enclosed combat vehicle that has heavy armor and guns and a tread which is an endless belt
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