tanked
adjective
Origin of tanked
tank
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Verb Phrases
Origin of tank
Related Words for tanked
drunken, tipsy, wasted, intoxicated, ripped, stoned, smashed, wired, stewed, glazed, lush, blind, muddled, looped, inebriated, boozed, bombed, loaded, potted, buzzedExamples from the Web for tanked
Contemporary Examples of tanked
Indeed, my afternoon mental focus after a run was about 11% higher, compared to a healthy lunch that tanked my mind by about 9%.
How to Use Your Lunch Hour for Better Productivity, Without Ever Taking a BiteGregory Ferenstein
April 23, 2014
Last month Cloud Atlas, her most recent film, tanked at the box office.
After Rollerball tanked, things hit a snag for Klein, resulting in a two-year gap in his acting resume from 2003-05.
Chris Klein Opens Up About His Battle With Alcohol, Katie Holmes, and ‘American Reunion’Marlow Stern
April 6, 2012
He tanked with right-wing voters because he made the fatal error of showing some humanity to the children of illegal immigrants.
Michael Tomasky on Newt Gingrich's Momentary Explosion of GOP SupportMichael Tomasky
November 15, 2011
In 2007, Across the Universe, a musical created around the songs of the Beatles, tanked.
Historical Examples of tanked
In the ordinary morning ablutions they tanked without suffocating.
Hard CashCharles Reade
They tanked her cruel they did, and kept her under water till she was nigh gone.
Hard CashCharles Reade
She visited the tanked one, found her in a cold room after it, shivering like ague, and her teeth chattering.
Hard CashCharles Reade
He never could imbibe enough and, when tanked full, contentedly resigned to her the right to rule.
On the Mexican HighlandsWilliam Seymour Edwards
The substance of her answer was, that she could do everything under the sun, provided she were not “tanked” after.
Johnny Ludlow, Second SeriesMrs. Henry Wood