tanker

Meanings

Noun

• A tank ship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.
• A tank truck.
• A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker.
• 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.
• An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.
• A tank car
• Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
• A longboard.

Verb

• To transport (oil, etc.) in a tanker.
• 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.

Related

Similar words

• tankman, tankist
• trooper, crewman, armoured soldier, armored soldier
• zipperhead

Origin

• tank + -er