Tanking

Something robust that is travelling very fast and carrying a lot of momentum, rendering it largely unstoppable and on the edge of potential catastrophe.

Something that you wouldn't want to stand in the way of.

• The bus was tanking down the hill, had to jump out the way!
• He was absolutely tanking it (with disregard to others).

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tank

Tank is a drink that has been adopted by the students of Christian Brothers high school. It is very potent and contains a mixture of beer, vodka and lemonade. Use with caution. (24 beers, handle of vodka, and 4 cans frozen yellow lemonade concentrate)

Man, let's make some tank.
We're gonna tank it up tonight.

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tanked

used when describing a bad performance on a test.

I took a test for a possible promotion today, and I know I tanked it.

Looks like I'll be working my shitty desk job the rest of my life, wordFFS/word

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Tank

A person who is extremely good at what they are doing. Usually a strong person.

-"What a goal! What a tank that guy is!"

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Tanking

The process by which a person expels excrement into the toilet tank, instead of the bowl, resulting in a disgusting surprise when one flushes.

I'm tanking in Mr. Dookie's toilet!

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Tanked

To be forced over a medium to long distance, preferably by a huge hulking monster, ala Left 4 Dead.

"Damn, dude, I was playing football and I got tanked trying to make a touchdown."

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tank

Adjective: To end in failure. (Related to the expression down the tubes.)

Possible origins:

1. To pull the chain on an old fashioned elevated toilet tank in order to flush fecal matter from the commode.

2. Flushing something down the toilet so that it ends up in the septic tank.

3. When a prototype ship model design fails hydrodynamic testing in a water-filled tank.

4. Naval aviators who fail to pass the dunker (Helicopter Underwater Escape Training) which is conducted in a large water tank.

When did our relationship start to tank?

My grades are really tanking this semester.

During testing the new ship design tanked straight away.

Ensign Smith just tanked the HUET test.

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