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an armored vehicle used in military warfare to gain advantage by the use of heavy machine guns and a cannon.
The tank rolled slowly through the streets of Berlin.
In reference to Magic: The Gathering gameplay. tanking is the act of "going into the tank" coming from 'think tank'. a player "in the tank" is considering their next line of play.
My magic online opponent has been tanking for several minutes now. I'm not sure what he could come out with to save him.
To fail miserably like when you fall down stairs.
It's better to fall down the stairs while having sex than to tank!
The best available game for Wii prior to the release of SSBB. Found on the Wii Play disc.
Note the difference between tanks, a type of armored vehicle, and Tanks!. Tanks! is distinguished in speech by shouting the word.
Joe: Hey, you wanna play Tanks!?
Zack: Yeah, lets play Tanks!