slang
: drunk sense 1a
often used with up

Examples of tanked in a Sentence

He got tanked at the party. we can count on those jerks getting tanked tonight after the game
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CrowdStrike’s stock price predictably tanked after the July 19 outage disrupted various services across the nation, from flights to court dates to hospital appointments. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024 Watch on Netflix Mank An intricate study of a cinematic masterpiece or two hours and 11 minutes of Gary Oldman lying around and getting tanked in bed? Matt Kamen, WIRED, 6 July 2024 Kimmel began, aiming for the tanked Marvel film starring Dakota Johnson. Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024 The stock then tanked, losing 21% of its value in a day and closing just below its initial offering price of $49.95. Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024 Yes, there were plenty of injuries, but the guys who weren’t injured were more than capable of winning at least 95 wins and yet, completely tanked. Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024 Israel’s reputation, by contrast, tanked, as the war turned Gaza into a humanitarian catastrophe. Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2024 Real estate values tanked, discouraging investment from landlords who suddenly struggled to find paying tenants. John Eligon, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023 Once tanked, everything will be waterproof in the basement from wall to ceiling level. Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tanked was in 1893

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Cite this Entry

“Tanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tanked. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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