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Meaning of "tank up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TANK UP

tank up play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TANK UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tank up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES TANK UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tank up in the English dictionary

The definition of tank up in the dictionary is to fill the tank of with petrol. Other definition of tank up is to imbibe or cause to imbibe a large quantity of alcoholic drink.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TANK UP

tank
tank car
tank engine
tank farmer
tank farming
tank locomotive
tank top
tank town
tank trap
tank truck
tank wagon
tanka
tankage
tankard
tankbuster
tanker
tankful
Tankia
tanking
tankini

WORDS THAT END LIKE TANK UP

back up
break up
buck up
chalk up
clock up
cook up
crank up
fuck up
ink up
kick up
knock up
lock up
look up
pack up
rack up
rock up
speak up
talk up
think up
work up

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tank up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TANK UP

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

Translator English - Chinese

坦克了
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tanque de arriba
570 millions of speakers

English

tank up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टैंक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دبابات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бак до
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tanque -se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ট্যাংক আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faire le plein
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tangki sehingga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tanken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タンクアップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

탱크 까지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tank munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xe tăng lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொட்டி வரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टाकी अप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tank up
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

serbatoio up
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zbiornik się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бак до
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rezervor în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεξαμενή μέχρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tank up
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tank upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tank opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tank up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TANK UP»

The term «tank up» is regularly used and occupies the 79.155 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TANK UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tank up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tank up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TANK UP»

Discover the use of tank up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tank up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Saltwater Aquariums For Dummies
This fun, friendly guide gives you easy step-by-step instructions for choosing and caring for these amazing animals.
Gregory Skomal, PhD, 2011
2
The Centurion Tank
Mk 5 AVRE W4003 Armoured vehicle, Royal Engineers; based on l65mm BL n/a Mk 5 hull Mk 5 BARV W40l8 Beach armoured recovery vehicle; based on Mk I, n/ a n/a Mk 2 and Mk 5 hulls Mk 6 — Gun tank; up-armoured Mk 5, with long-range ...
Pat Ware, 2013
3
Marine Tank Battles In The Pacific
... they would have a heavy charge all bundled up inside this straw matted stuff that they would weave. It had a neck harness. The guy who was supposed to blow the tank up, his job was to if possible get up close to the tank and affix a heavy ...
Oscar E. Gilbert, 2007
4
Get Tank Laid
On Saturday morning, six carloads of Bullaroo residents left town to drive up to Kembla Grange to witness Shelbapples's first race. Buster and Lynette drove by themselves as they had arranged to pick Tank up at the hospital on the way to the  ...
Warren “Stainless” Steel, 2014
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
tank up. Also cognate is:—2. A pint of beer: Aus.: C.20. (Baker.) Short for tankard —3. An old, battered whore: Cockneys': from 1918 or 1919. Ex the appearance of tanks derelict on sodden plains. See Jodrell Bank.—4. A safe: NZ c.:—1932 —5.
Eric Partridge, 2006
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The 756th Tank Battalion in the Battle of Cassino, 1944
Sergeant Oscar Hood's tank was the seventh in the column. In the middle of the ford the road gave way beneath his tank. It slid to the right and was stuck; thus the crossing was blocked! Sergeant Corbitt pulled his tank up about even with the ...
Roger Fazendin, 2003
7
A Tank Gunner's Story: Gunner Gruntz of the 712th Tank ...
Then we proceeded with the tank up this road here and we took the roadon theleft next tothewall of the cemetery. Wewere firingatGermans running acrossthe streetin SainteSuzanne (runningfrom right toleft perpendicular to the direction the  ...
Louis G. Gruntz, 2014
8
The Armored Fist: The 712th Tank Battalion in the Second ...
Belltold the driver, William Swartzmiller, to 'fire itup.' McDaniel continues: 'and when he fired that tank up,we had an advantage in that we had an electrical turret and they had to traverse theirsby hand. But they were facingright straight towards  ...
Aaron Elson, 2014
9
Setting Up Your Marine Fish Aquarium:
This cost includes the price of the system,decorations and most things required to get the tank up and running but does not reflect the price of saltwater fish or corals. Because the cost of saltwater fish varies widely it is hard to figure in an exact ...
V.T., 2014
10
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
The Development Commission got tangled up in a controversy and lawsuit over a gravel plant located along the railroad tracks. tank tank up on sth to drink a great deal of something ♢ Be sure to tank up on water before you work outdoors on a ...
Paul Heacock, 2003

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TANK UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tank up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Marshfield: Two Injured After Propane Tank Ruptures on Route 139
Marshfield Police Chief Phil Tavares said that it was a large cylinder propane tank that ruptured as it was being filled, “sending the tank up in the air, taking off ... «95.9 WATD-FM, May 15»

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