Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Intoxicated; drunk.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tank . - adjective slang
drunk
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Examples
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At every turn, Palin tanked when responding to the majority of the Media's inquiries – either coming across as illiterate, backwater or racist throughout her campaign and even beyond.
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The reason Heroes tanked is because they creatively blew their wad in season one.
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I so remember that product, and how the name tanked it when the AIDS crisis hit … and how the product made some kids in high school titter. o_O
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Economic sentiment in Germany has tanked, which isn't doing its exchange traded fund (ETF) any favors.
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page Tom Lydon 2010
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President Obama had a chance in his first months in office to take U.S. policy back to its original, legally correct and diplomatically effective position regarding Israeli settlement activity -- but he "tanked" on this in his June 2009 Cairo speech.
Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: The Obama Administration, Iran and 'Middle East Peacemaking' 2010
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President Obama had a chance in his first months in office to take U.S. policy back to its original, legally correct and diplomatically effective position regarding Israeli settlement activity -- but he "tanked" on this in his June 2009 Cairo speech.
Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: The Obama Administration, Iran and 'Middle East Peacemaking' 2010
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Mining and natural resources commodities have tanked, meaning that natural gas, oil, and minerals have all been contracted by shedding jobs.
Now That Is A Hockey Stick Graph « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009
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Mining and natural resources commodities have tanked, meaning that natural gas, oil, and minerals have all been contracted by shedding jobs.
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It is WAY too early to be talking about how Obama has "tanked".
And the McCain campaign is not giving Obama a pass on the Lipsticked Pig remark. Ann Althouse 2008
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Highly ranked typoed as 'tanked' the first time schools, but they can't teach everything.
Forbes challenges U.S. News in the college ranking game. Ann Althouse 2008
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