tanky.
Having a dank quality resulting from excessive ageing in a tank.
Meaning & usage
Having a dank quality resulting from excessive ageing in a tank.
Able to withstand much damage, having a lot of hit points (that is, like a tank).
Where this word comes from
From tank + -y (adjectival suffix).
A sailor who assists the navigator of the ship; a sailor in charge of the ship's hold, and thus responsible for the provision of rations and water.
Alternative form of tankie (“a soldier from a tank regiment; a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain”).
A storage tank, especially for water.
Where this word comes from
From tank + -y (diminutive suffix). The noun sense is from the fact that the assistant of the navigator of a ship was also in charge of the ship’s water tanks, and later its rations when refrigeration was introduced.
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