[taŋk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large receptacle or storage chamber, especially for liquid or gas

- a heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous articulated metal track


- a cell in a police station or jail



Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: perhaps from Gujarati tānkũ or Marathi tānkẽ ‘underground cistern’, from Sanskrit tadāga ‘pond’, probably influenced by Portuguese tangue ‘pond’, from Latin stagnum. The military vehicle took its name from the use of tank as a secret code word during manufacture in 1915

[taŋk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
(e.g: the cars stopped to tank up)

- fail completely, especially at great financial cost
(e.g: the previous movie had tanked at the box office)

- defeat heavily
(e.g: Rangers tanked the local side 8–0)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: perhaps from Gujarati tānkũ or Marathi tānkẽ ‘underground cistern’, from Sanskrit tadāga ‘pond’, probably influenced by Portuguese tangue ‘pond’, from Latin stagnum. The military vehicle took its name from the use of tank as a secret code word during manufacture in 1915