See Also: tank 2, verb(dictionary)
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ventose(2)(dictionary)
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think tank(encyclopedia)
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ventose(1) (iou) and tank 2, verb (oh)


ventose(1) (iou)



ventose noun1.LME-E18.
[Old & mod. French ventose, ventouse from late Latin ventosa use as noun of fem. of Latin ventosus: see VENTOSE adjective.]
A type of cupping-glass.

tank 2, verb (oh)



2 v
[I] to decrease quickly or be very unsuccessful
::Not long after the chairman resigned, shares in the company tanked.
[I] BrE informal to Travel very fast in a car or vehicle
also tank it
[T] to deliberately lose a Sports game that you could have won
tank up phr v
especially AmE to put petrol in your car so that the tank is full