ALL meanings of tanking
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T t - noun tanking a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas: tanks for storing oil. 1
- noun tanking a natural or artificial pool, pond, or lake. 1
- noun tanking Military. an armored, self-propelled combat vehicle, armed with cannon and machine guns and moving on a caterpillar tread. 1
- noun tanking Slang. a prison cell or enclosure for more than one occupant, as for prisoners awaiting a hearing. 1
- noun tanking tank top. 1
- verb with object tanking to put or store in a tank. 1
- verb without object tanking Slang. to do poorly or decline rapidly; fail: The movie tanked at the box office. 1
- idioms tanking go in / into the tank, Boxing Slang. to go through the motions of a match but deliberately lose because of an illicit prearrangement or fix; throw a fight. 1
- idioms tanking in the tank, Slang. failing, doing poorly, or declining: His grades were in the tank last quarter. favoring, colluding, or assisting in a partisan way (often followed by with or for): The talk-show host was in the tank with the Green Party. 1
- noun tanking a heavy defeat 0