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PRONUNCIATION OF DRUNK TANK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRUNK TANK

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Drunk tank is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DRUNK TANK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Drunk tank

A drunk tank is a jail cell or separate facility accommodating people who are intoxicated, especially with alcohol. Traditionally, and in some jurisdictions currently, the circumstances of drunk-tank occupants may vary widely, as to whether in fact intoxicated, whether willingly there, whether isolated to protect them from others, confined to protect others from them, or simply permitted to find shelter, and whether legally under arrest, charged with an offense, or neither. Those in need of more long-term treatment may be referred to a rehabilitation centre.

Definition of drunk tank in the English dictionary

The definition of drunk tank in the dictionary is a large police cell used for detaining drunks overnight.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRUNK TANK

drummer boy
drummies
drumming
Drummond of Hawthornden
drummy
drums
drumstick
drunk
drunk driver
drunk driving
drunkalogue
drunkard
drunkathon
drunken
drunken driving
drunkenly
drunkenness
drunkometer
drupaceous
drupe

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRUNK TANK

belly tank
developing tank
drop tank
expansion tank
fish tank
flotation tank
fuel tank
gas tank
header tank
oil storage tank
oil tank
oxygen tank
petrol tank
reserve petrol tank
reserve tank
sedimentation tank
septic tank
surge tank
tank
think tank
water tank

Synonyms and antonyms of drunk tank in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «drunk tank» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRUNK TANK

Find out the translation of drunk tank to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drunk tank from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drunk tank» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

醉坦克
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

celda de los borrachos
570 millions of speakers

English

drunk tank
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नशे में टैंक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دبابات في حالة سكر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вытрезвителя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tanque bêbado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাতাল ট্যাংক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cellule de dégrisement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tangki mabuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ausnüchterungszelle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

酔っタンク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

술에 취해 탱크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mabuk tank
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bể say rượu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குடித்துவிட்டு தொட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मद्यधुंद तलाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sarhoş tank
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

serbatoio ubriaco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wytrzeźwień
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

витверезника
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rezervor de beat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεθυσμένος δεξαμενή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dronk tenk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

drucken tank
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

drunk tank
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drunk tank

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRUNK TANK»

The term «drunk tank» is regularly used and occupies the 75.204 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRUNK TANK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drunk tank

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRUNK TANK»

Discover the use of drunk tank in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drunk tank and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How ...
Drunk Tank Pink proves that the truth behind our feelings and actions goes much deeper than the choices we take for granted every day.
Adam Alter, 2013
2
Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape how ...
Provides insight into how human thoughts and actions are influenced by environmental factors, detailing instances in which people have been manipulated by such external stimuli as money, lightbulbs, and sunshine.
Adam L. Alter, 2012
3
More Notes of a Dirty Old Man: The Uncollected Columns
I hadn't made the drunk tank for six or eight years. I was due, I was overdue. It was just like driving that long without a traffic ticket—they were just going to get you finally if you drove and they were going to get you finally if you drank. On drunk ...
Charles Bukowski, David Stephen Calonne, 2013
4
50 Years of Humor: Or Just Plain Reality
We didn't really understand, but went to the jail, as requested, and upon entering the building, the sheriff behind the desk began to tell us that our prisoner had been put in the drunk tank with about ten other individuals, where he proceeded to ...
James H. Henderson, 2009
5
The Pot Plan: Louie B. Stumblin and the War on Drugs
She led me out of the drunk tank and the door closed solidly behind me. Through another cage window the guard handed me my things – whatever had been in my pockets, including a couple of sad dollars left over from my drinking binge.
Thomas Brent Andrews
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The Epilepsy and Osteoporosis Link
As I entered Arizona, somehow, I became a lot calmer and everything was on cruise control. In trying to escape from the demon, I would end up in the drunk tank twice. Both of these times gave me time to reflect on what I really should be doing ...
Eliot Trimberger, 2004
7
Field Grey
The drunk tank at Gitmo was a large wooden hut located on the beach, but for anyone who wasn't drunk when he was locked up in there it was actually positioned somewhere between the first and second circles of Hell. It was certainly hot ...
Philip Kerr, 2011
8
The Great Adventure: A Journey Written from Above.
Later in the night around 3:00 I was woke to someone banging on the walls of the drunk tank. You could not see the tank from where my cell was, but you could hear the deputies as they yelled at whoever it was, to shut up. This went on for ...
Aka The I Believe Guy Brian Jackson, Brian Jackson
9
Johnny Cash and Philosophy: The Burning Ring of Truth
At one level, the sort of work addressed in “Southern Accents” isn't much different —it's the work of a man for whom “that drunk tank in Atlanta was just a motel room .” He is a sharecropper who just might go work the orange groves down in ...
John Huss, David Werther, 2013
10
The Printer's Devil
So they booked him and put him in the drunk tank and he spent the night in the drunk tank, a room with a concrete floor that sloped to a drain in the center. He sat with his back against the wall with his feet toward the drain and spent the night ...
David Rogers, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRUNK TANK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drunk tank is used in the context of the following news items.
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Blindspot's Jaimie Alexander on baring it all for Times Square scene
Ordinarily, if you woke up naked in a bag in Times Square you'd spend a night in the drunk tank. But for Blindspot's mystery heroine Jane Doe ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
2
Hermosa Beach July 4 law enforcement presence up, problems down
A nearby Sheriff's Department bus, normally used for transporting prisoners, was set aside for use as a drunk tank. There were also droves of ... «Easy Reader News, Jul 15»
3
Sleeping driver stalls North Pattaya traffic
... officers employed a locksmith to open the car at the Soi 9 station and remove the driver, who was tossed in the drunk tank and charged while ... «Pattaya Mail, Jul 15»
4
Two Americas Collide in the Compelling The Recommendation at …
Panicked, he accepts assistance from his cellmate in the drunk tank, Dwight (Kevin A. Walton), a black, tatted-up eccentric with plenty of ... «Miami New Times, Jul 15»
5
Trains are on track for Arbutus within weeks
And that means arrests, fines and possibly a trip to the drunk tank. So far, the RCMP have been called to deal with drunk passengers 16 times ... «BCBusiness, Jun 15»
6
This New Drink Promises To Put You In The Mood For Sex
According to Adam Alter, PhD, author of Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave, ... «Refinery29, Jun 15»
7
Sober centres suggested as alternatives to drunk tank: Calgary …
In the past, the obvious solution to intoxicated Calgarians roaming city streets has been incarceration in city drunk tanks. But Alina Turner, a ... «MetroNews Canada, Jun 15»
8
£230k to make river safe after student deaths
... City within 15 months, the authorities have introduced a drunk tank, riverside angels and pub-door breath tests, among other measures. «The Northern Echo, Jun 15»
9
Starter: Trend Upsetters: 10 Essential Sparks Songs
... cheeky romp about catching a soft-focus glimpse of a lawman's fetching wife while getting thrown in the drunk tank. But, coming on the heels ... «Pitchfork Media, Jun 15»
10
Noisy sex couple stabbed neighbour with rake after he complained …
... happened after being arrested and her falling in what police call the county drunk tank, a facility used to keep suspects while they sober up. «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»

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