How to pronounce “tank”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• 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).[1]
• 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.
• (botany) A structure of tightly overlapping leaves used by some bromeliads to retain water.
• (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.
• (rail transport) Ellipsis of tank engine or tank locomotive.
• (clothing) Ellipsis of tank top.
• [Adjective]
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• [Verb]
• 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.
• (Singapore, colloquial) To stand; to tolerate.
• (Singapore, colloquial) To willingly take on an undesirable task or burden.

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