tank up
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tank up
- /ˈtæŋk ʌp/ US, UK
verb tanks up · tanking up · tanked up
- To fill up (for example, a tank in a vehicle with gas, petrol, etc.). A painter was desirous of drawing the elephant, which was kept in the menagerie at Versailles, […] [H]e [the elephant] turned his resentment on the master, and tanking up a quantity of water in his trunk, threw it on the paper upon which the painter was drawing, and spoiled it.
- To intoxicate oneself, especially with alcohol. He was pretty well tanked up with extra dry Mumm and heady old Chambertin, and was drowsy and uproarious by turns.
- To install a tank. Every valley was once tanked up for the purpose of irrigation, or the use of the herd,—indelible marks of reproach to succeeding generations, or at least to those by whom they have been governed.
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verb to refill with fuel
| Español | repostar, llenar el tanque |
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| 日本語 | 給油する |
| 中文 | 補充燃料 /补充燃料 bǔchōng ránliào, 加油 jiāyóu |
| Français | faire le plein, ravitailler |
| Deutsch | tanken, auftanken |
| Русский | дозаправля́ть dozapravljátʹ, дозапра́вить dozaprávitʹ, дозаправля́ться dozapravljátʹsja |
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@misc{tank_up_2026,
title = {tank up},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tank%20up},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
