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tankhood

tankhood noun: the state of being fully tanklike.

Noun

tankhood (uncountable)

  1. The state of being fully tanklike.
    • The Napier has not yet disclosed its price for its de-luxiest specialty model; but the Daimler, reverting from its filibustering period of tankhood to gentility, has, and is much in accord in proportion with the Rolls-Royce assessment of increase.1919, The Sketch - Volume 106, page 186
    • "Yes, that's fine with me!" I bark, making sure to assert some authority now, before my lack of tankhood makes Seth step all over me.2007, Iris Bahr, Dork Whore: My Travels Through Asia as a Twenty-Year-Old Pseudo-Virgin, page 99

Origin of tankhood

From tank + -hood.

Questions about tankhood

What does tankhood mean?
Tankhood means the state of being fully tanklike.
What part of speech is tankhood?
Tankhood is a noun.

Words near tankhood in the dictionary

  1. tankettes
  2. tankfarm
  3. tankfarms
  4. tankful
  5. tankfuls
  6. tankhood
  7. tankia
  8. Tankian
  9. tankias
  10. tankie
  11. tankier

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