tanking
adjective
informaluk/ˈtæŋ.kɪŋ/us/ˈtæŋ.kɪŋ/suddenlyfailingorbecominglesssuccessfulorlowerinvalue:
Soaringfuelpricesand a tankingeconomywillencouragemanypeopletostayclosertohomethisyear.
Intheory, a tankingpoundcanhelpUKexporters.
- A tankingeconomyis going tomeanstatebudgetcuts.
- They are veryawareof theharsheconomicenvironmentthat hasresultedfrom the tankinghousingmarket.
- Hewroteanarticleabout the tankingautoindustry.
- Internationaltradehasdwindledamideconomicstrifeand a tankingtechnologysector.
Failing and doing badly
- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls(something)up
- be on your beam endsidiom
- blow
- bomb
- collapse
- fall to piecesidiom
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- founder
- rebound
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- sclerotic
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom
tanking
noun[U]
uk/ˈtæŋ.kɪŋ/us/ˈtæŋ.kɪŋ/tankingnoun[U](LESS SUCCESSFUL)
informal
thefactofsuddenlyfailingorbecominglesssuccessfulorlowerinvalue:
Her taking out aloancoincidedwith the tankingofthehousingmarket.
There was ameltdownin thebankingsectorand the tankingofthelocalcurrency.
informal
theactofintentionallylosingagameorsportsevent:
If asportingeventhas beencompromisedby the tankingofagame,trustwill belostforever.
Thedriverwasfinedforblatanttanking.
- They werewillingto put thecountrythrough abrutalandprotractedrecession- with acorrespondingtanking of the president'spopularity.
- Given the tanking of themarketin the pastyear, thistypeofcontractwas a verybadidea.
Failing and doing badly
- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls(something)up
- be on your beam endsidiom
- blow
- bomb
- collapse
- fall to piecesidiom
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- founder
- rebound
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- sclerotic
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom
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tankingnoun[U](PROTECTING BUILDING)
UK
theactofcoveringawall, etc. with aspecialsubstanceormaterialinordertokeepitdry, or thesubstanceormaterialthat is used to do this:
Theworkwill not becheapbecause the tanking will usually be done with aleadlining.
Thearchitecthadspecifiedfullfibreglasstanking in one client'sbathroom.
- The backwalldoes not getdamp, and so tankingseemsinappropriatein thiscase.
- I cannotseethe tanking as thewallsareheavilyplastered.
Building: construction work & workers
- banksman
- blaster
- break groundidiom
- brick
- brick upsomething
- electrician
- erection
- flip
- found
- glazier
- joiner
- refurb
- refurbish
- refurbished
- refurbishment
- renovate
- tiler
- well built
- workman
- wright