English

Noun

tanker ‎(plural tankers)

An oil tanker

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. (rail transport) A tank car
5. (military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
6. (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

• oil tanker
• supertanker
• petrol tanker (truck with a container for transporting fuel) (UK)

Translations

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tankər/, [ˈtˢɑnɡ̊ɐ̯]

Etymology 1

tanker c

1. plural indefinite of tanke

Etymology 2

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 tense of tanke

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tanker m

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

Verb

tanker

1. present tense of tanke

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǎnker/
• Hyphenation: tan‧ker

Noun

tànker m ‎(Cyrillic spelling та̀нкер)

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

Declension