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janker
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æ?k?(?)
Noun
janker (plural jankers)
- (Scotland) A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)
Dutch
Etymology
From janken +? -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?j??.k?r/
- Hyphenation: jan?ker
- Rhymes: -??k?r
Noun
janker m (plural jankers, diminutive jankertje n)
- A cryer, one who weeps.
- A whiner, one who complains.
Derived terms
- jankerig
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tanker
English
Etymology
tank +? -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tæ?k?(r)/
- Rhymes: -æ?k?(r)
Noun
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.
- (aviation, firefighting) An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.
- (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
Synonyms
- (military): tankman, tankist
- (military): trooper, crewman, armoured soldier, armored soldier
- (military): zipperhead (Canadian military slang)
Derived terms
- air tanker
- oil tanker
- supertanker
Translations
Verb
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.
Anagrams
- Kanter
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tank?r/, [?t??n????]
Etymology 1
Noun
tanker c
- indefinite plural of tanke
Etymology 2
From English tanker
Noun
tanker c (definite singular tankeren, indefinite plural tankere, definite plural tankerne)
- a tanker (a ship fitted with tanks for carrying liquid cargoes)
Synonyms
- tankskib
Verb
tanker
- present of tanke
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English tanker.
Pronunciation
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /?t??.k?r/
- Hyphenation: tan?ker
- Rhymes: -??k?r
Noun
tanker m (plural tankers, diminutive tankertje n)
- A tanker (type of cargo ship).
- Synonym: tankschip
Derived terms
- gastanker
- mammoettanker
- olietanker
French
Noun
tanker m (plural tankers)
- tanker (vessel)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From English tanker
Noun
tanker m (definite singular tankeren, indefinite plural tankere, definite plural tankerne)
- (nautical) a tanker
Synonyms
- tankbåt, tankskip
Derived terms
- oljetanker
See also
- tankar (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2
Noun
tanker m
- indefinite plural of tank
- indefinite plural of tanke
Etymology 3
Verb
tanker
- present of tanke
References
- “tanker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “tanker” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?nker/
- Hyphenation: tan?ker
Noun
tànker m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- tanker (vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid)
Declension
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