different between taker vs tanker

English

Etymology

From Middle English takere, equivalent to take +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?te?k?/
• Rhymes: -e?k?(r)

Noun

taker (plural takers)

1. One who takes something.

   She is known as quite a risk taker.

   The hostage taker decided to surrender to the police.

   The study could not confirm the real percentage of drug takers in the country.

2. A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives.

   I don't want to be a relationship with you anymore - you are too much of a taker.

3. One who is willing to participate in, or buy, something.

   Are there any takers for helping me clean the garage this weekend?

   I'm selling handmade postcards - any takers?

Synonyms

• (one who takes): See Thesaurus:taker

Antonyms

• (one who takes): See Thesaurus:giver

Related terms

• taking

Translations

See also

• get
• receive

Anagrams

• Akter, kerat-, tarek, trake

Cebuano

Etymology

Shortening of takirub.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta?ker

Noun

taker

1. a minx

Adjective

taker

1. minxish

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *taikur. Cognates include Old English t?cor and Old High German zeihhur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?ker/

Noun

t?ker m

1. brother-in-law

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

tank +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæ?k?(r)/
• Rhymes: -æ?k?(r)

Noun

tanker (plural tankers)

1. (nautical) A tank ship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.
2. (automotive, US) A tank truck.
3. (automotive, Britain) A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker.
4. (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.

5. (aviation, firefighting) An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.

6. (rail transport) A tank car
7. (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, […]

8. (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)

1. (transitive) To transport (oil, etc.) in a tanker.
2. (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

1. indefinite plural of tanke

Etymology 2

From English tanker

Noun

tanker c (definite singular tankeren, indefinite plural tankere, definite plural tankerne)

1. a tanker (a ship fitted with tanks for carrying liquid cargoes)

Synonyms

• tankskib

Verb

tanker

1. 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)

1. A tanker (type of cargo ship).

   Synonym: tankschip

Derived terms

• gastanker
• mammoettanker
• olietanker

French

Noun

tanker m (plural tankers)

1. tanker (vessel)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English tanker

Noun

tanker m (definite singular tankeren, indefinite plural tankere, definite plural tankerne)

1. (nautical) a tanker

Synonyms

• tankbåt, tankskip

Derived terms

• oljetanker

See also

• tankar (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Noun

tanker m

1. indefinite plural of tank
2. indefinite plural of tanke

Etymology 3

Verb

tanker

1. 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 ???????)

1. tanker (vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid)

Declension