(US) A fuel tank for gasoline built into equipment, especially vehicles.

A steam locomotive that carries its fuel and water containers on the locomotive frames, as opposed to in a separate tender.

plural of tank engine

Alternative spelling of antitank

plural of tank destroyer

(slang) A cell where people who have been arrested for public drunkenness are detained until they are sober.

A small, unimportant, place.

plural of tank top

(transitive, intransitive, Canada, US) To fill up (for example, a tank in a vehicle with gas, petrol, etc.). / (transitive, intransitive, slang) To intoxicate oneself, especially with alcohol.

A phenomenon resulting from inadequate dampening of the steering of a motorcycle at high speed. This results in the violent oscillation of the handlebars from left to right, so that they make contact with the gas tank, which is situated on the chassis between them. Is also used frequently to describe a vehicle that loses and regains traction at the rear of the car, whilst the front retains traction.