tank

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Urdu ٹانکbor. English Tank Borrowed from Urdu ٹانک.

1. A city in Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
2. A district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

noun

1. A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
2. A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

verb

Etymology: From Portuguese tanque (“tank, liquid container”), from an Indo-Aryan language, likely Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī, “cistern”) or Marathi टांकी (ṭāṅkī). Compare the Arabic verb اِسْتَنْقَعَ (istanqaʕa, “to become stagnant, to stagnate”). First attested in the 1610s. * In the sense of armoured vehicle, prototypes were described as tanks for carrying water to disguise their nature and due to physical resemblance. First attested in 1915, but in common usage only as of 1916. Displaced landship, and mostly displaced battlewagon.

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

   “He told me about all the odd jobs he'd taken after I was born, when Michigan's economy was tanking. For one, he crisscrossed the Midwest buying old carpets from dentists' offices.”

   “"[...] If the economy has tanked... then we don't want to over-promise and under-deliver."”

2. 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.
3. To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.

   “Concrete below ground must be fully tanked to prevent water uptake.”

   “Sometimes oils are tanked for months or years at a time (e.g., linseed oil).”

4. To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.

   “Beforehand, Swedish [national ice hockey team] coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson had ruminated about tanking against Slovakia to avoid powerful Canada or the Czechs in the quarters [i.e., quarterfinals of the 2006 Winter Olympic tournament], telling Swedish television, "One is cholera, the other the plague."”

5. To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.

   “Unless Bane can tank Helicarrier-busting explosions I'm not sure how he stands a chance.”

   “A weakened Superman tanked an explosion 50 times larger than the Kepler's Supernova and the electromagnetic shock wave hit him.”

6. To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
7. To stand; to tolerate.
8. To willingly take on an undesirable task or burden.