tank-topped

tank-topped adjective: wearing a tank top.

Adjective

tank-topped (not comparable)

Wearing a tank top.
- And then there’s the entertainment value to be found at the fleas. People watching is as much fun as scanning the booths and racks for bargains. Sharp-dressed gals and tank-topped guys.1996, Suzy Adams Dixon, Paula L. Stahel, “Shopping”, in The Insiders’ Guide to Tampa Bay, 2nd edition, Bradenton, Fla.: Bradenton Herald; Manteo, N.C.: The Insiders’ Guides Inc., →ISBN, page 89
- ‘Thai food is crucial,’ enthused an anorexic tank-topped woman over her uneaten chicken satays, ‘but actually I don’t eat salt.’1996, Rory MacLean, “[Sligh’ an Uisge – Waterways] Trees in the Bog”, in The Oatmeal Ark: Across Canada by Water, Toronto, Ont.: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, →ISBN, page 202
Incorporating a tank top.
- […] a beige version of z and l [zefran and linen]—tank-topped dress, back-buttoned postage stamp jacket short enough to show a strip of belt.1959, Vogue, volume 133, page 75
- There were tank-topped dresses in contrasting colors, and military suits with snap and brass trim.1968 January 13, “Low-priced High-styled Fashions Shown”, in The Intelligencer, Belleville, Ont., page 6, column 6

It was a long time before the scene changed, and for mile after mile we would get the hard stares from nappy-haired kids on bikes, tank-topped guys leaning on cars, bandannas with beer bottles.2005, Jodi Angel, “Push”, in The History of Vegas: Stories, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, pages 82–83:
Tank-topped black crepe pajamas come with a reversible quilted coolie jacket — black on one side, striped on the other.1975 March 6, “In Tempo Of The Times, Couture Shows Switch-N-Swap Multiples”, in Circleville Herald, 92nd year, number 55, Circleville...
The best bare options are a tank-topped dress, either long or short, or a slip-topped dress with narrow shoestring straps.1988, Barbara Coffey, Look 10 Pounds Thinner, 10 Years Younger—Instantly: A No-Diet, No-Exercise Plan, New York, N.Y.: Prentice Hall Press...
Linda and Jenna converged on the front door simultaneously, Jenna still in a pair of silk tank-topped pajamas.2006, Jan Bornstein, Beyond Beautiful (The Song Trilogy; 1), Portsmouth, N.H.: Back Channel Press, →ISBN, page 6:

From tank top + -ed.

What does tank-topped mean?: Tank-topped means wearing a tank top.
How do you use tank-topped in a sentence?: It was a long time before the scene changed, and for mile after mile we would get the hard stares from nappy-haired kids on bikes, tank-topped guys leaning on cars, bandannas with beer bottles.
What part of speech is tank-topped?: Tank-topped is an adjective.

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