Definition of "tank"
- noun
A container for liquids or gases.
The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
The amount held by a container; a tankful.
An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
A reservoir or dam.
A large metal container, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field. By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
In online and offline role-playing games, a character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy with offensive power as a close secondary consideration.
- verb
To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
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.
To put fuel into a tank.
To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
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