Tank

  • 41tank — 1. AND tank up in. to drink too much beer; to drink to excess. □ The two broth rs were tanking up and didn’t hear me come in. □ Let’s go out this Friday and tank awhile. 2. n. a drunkard. (Usually tank up.) □ …

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  • 42Tank — Bottich; Wanne; Zuber; Kübel; Trog; Panzer; Kampfpanzer; Kettenfahrzeug; Panzerwagen * * * Tank [taŋk], der; s, s, seltener: e: größerer Behälter für Flüssigkeiten, besonders für Benzin u. Ä …

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  • 43tank — 01. The biology laboratory has a number of interesting species of crabs which they are keeping in a large [tank] of water. 02. The gas [tank] is completely empty; we re going to have to walk. 03. This [tank] can hold over 350 gallons of water. 04 …

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  • 44tank — an·ti·tank; chop·tank; tank·age; tank; tank·doz·er; tank·er; tank·er·man; tank·ette; tank·man; …

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  • 45tank — n. armored combat vehicle 1) to drive a tank receptacle, container 2) a fish; gas (AE), gasoline (AE), petrol (BE); oil; oxygen; septic; water tank prison (slang) (esp. AE) 3) in the tank misc. 4) a think tank ( a group of thinkers, planners ) *… …

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  • 46tank — [[t]tæ̱ŋk[/t]] ♦♦♦ tanks 1) N COUNT: oft n N A tank is a large container for holding liquid or gas. ...an empty fuel tank... Two water tanks provide a total capacity of 400 litres. ...a tank full of goldfish. N COUNT: usu N of n A tank of a… …

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  • 47tánk — a m (ȃ) 1. oklepno vozilo z gosenicami in zgornjim vrtljivim delom s topovsko cevjo in včasih z mitraljezom: streljati iz tanka; zlesti v tank; s tanki oborožena enota; ropot tankov; voznik tanka; napad na tanke / lahki, težki tank 2. v vozilo… …

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  • 48tank up — intransitive verb : to stuff oneself with food or drink tank up on breakfast G.S.Perry tanked up on beer J.V.Fox especially : to drink liquor to excess * * * ˌtank ˈup [intransitive] …

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  • 49tank — {{11}}tank (n.) 1610s, pool or lake for irrigation or drinking water, a word originally brought by the Portuguese from India, ultimately from Gujarati tankh cistern, underground reservoir for water, Marathi tanken, or tanka reservoir of water,… …

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  • 50tank — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. reservoir, cistern; boiler; panzer; pond, swimming pool; (pl.) armor. See store, arms. tank up II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A large container for liquids] Syn. tub, basin, cistern, receptacle, vat, cauldron …

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