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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A container for liquids or gases, typically with a volume of several cubic metres.
  • (American SouthWest English, esp Texas), 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.
  • An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
  • (Australian and Indian English), a reservoir or dam.
  • video games|online games 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.
  • In USA scuba divers' usage, a compressed air or gas cylinder.
  • slang A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.

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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.
  • To put fuel into a tank
  • (Video game jargon) 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.

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