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English

Etymology

Indian vernacular word (eg. Gujarati taku , or Marathi take (please improve these transliterations or replace them by the proper words)) for a large artificial water reservoir (cistern, pool, etc.), via Portuguese tanque , "tank", "liquid container". Also, Arabic has a verb istanqa`a = "it (= a liquid) collected and became stagnant".

As an armored military vehicle: to disguise its intended purpose, prototypes were described as tanks for carrying water.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æŋk

Noun

tank ( plural tanks )

1. A container for liquids or gases, typically with a volume of several cubic metres.
2. A heavy armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a large gun and moving on caterpillar tracks. For details see the article on "tank".
3. (Australian and Indian English), a reservoir or dam.
4. ( slang ) a very muscular and physically intense person
5. In USA scuba divers' usage, a compressed air or gas cylinder.
6. In online and offline role-playing games, a character designed primarily around damage absorption with offensive power as a close secondary consideration.
7. For uses as a name, see tank in.

Translations

container

military equipment

role playing character

muscular and physically intense person

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Verb

to tank ( third-person singular simple present tanks , present participle tanking , simple past tanked , past participle tanked )

1. To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stockmarket); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.

Other Translations for "tank"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		- .- -. -.-
Binary		1110100 1100001 1101110 1101011
Hex		74616E6B
Pig Latin		anktay

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