tanker
See also: tänker
EnglishEdit
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NounEdit
tanker (plural tankers)
- (nautical) A tank ship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.
- (automotive, US) A tank truck.
- (automotive, Britain) A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker.
- (aviation, usually military) An aircraft carrying a large supply of jet fuel or avgas for aerial refueling of other aircraft, plus equipment allowing the in-air transfer of fuel.
- Without the KC-46 tankers orbiting in friendly airspace, our fighters would've run out of fuel long before reaching the combat zone.
- (aviation, firefighting) An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.
- While our ground teams cut firebreaks in the brush, the tankers kept the fire in the mountains at bay with frequent drops of water and retardant.
- (rail transport) A tank car
- (military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
- 2014, Michael Green, American Tanks & AFVs of World War II, Bloomsbury Publishing (→ISBN), page 70:
- On February 19, 1943, American tankers felt the full wrath of the German Army in North Africa when its tank-led spearhead punched a 2-mile-wide hole through American lines at Faid Pass in Tunisia, […]
- 2014, Michael Green, American Tanks & AFVs of World War II, Bloomsbury Publishing (→ISBN), page 70:
- (surfing slang) A longboard.
- I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip
SynonymsEdit
- (military): tankman, tankist
- (military): trooper, crewman, armoured soldier, armored soldier
- (military): zipperhead (Canadian military slang)
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TranslationsEdit
vessel
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tank truck
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member of a tank crew
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VerbEdit
tanker (third-person singular simple present tankers, present participle tankering, simple past and past participle tankered)
- (transitive) To transport (oil, etc.) in a tanker.
- (aviation) To carry more fuel than necessary for a flight, in order to avoid having to refuel at a destination where fuel is more expensive or in short supply.
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DanishEdit
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Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
tanker c
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
tanker c (definite singular tankeren, indefinite plural tankere, definite plural tankerne)
- a tanker (a ship fitted with tanks for carrying liquid cargoes)
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tanker
DutchEdit
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- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈtɛŋ.kər/
- Hyphenation: tan‧ker
- Rhymes: -ɛŋkər
NounEdit
tanker m (plural tankers, diminutive tankertje n)
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Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
tanker m (definite singular tankeren, indefinite plural tankere, definite plural tankerne)
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- tankar (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
tanker m
- indefinite plural of tank
- indefinite plural of tanke
Etymology 3Edit
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tanker
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Serbo-CroatianEdit
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tànker m (Cyrillic spelling та̀нкер)
- tanker (vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid)