Tanky

Quick meaning: Tanky is an adjective meaning (wine) Having a dank quality resulting from excessive ageing in a tank.

Meaning

(wine) Having a dank quality resulting from excessive ageing in a tank.

More Meanings

1. (gaming) Able to withstand much damage, having a lot of hit points (that is, like a tank).
2. (India) A storage tank, especially for water.
3. (nautical, slang) A sailor who assists the navigator of the ship; a sailor in charge of the ship's hold, and thus responsible for the provision of rations and water.
4. Alternative form of tankie (“a soldier from a tank regiment; a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain”).

Example Sentences

If the added physical damage to enemies wasn’t enough, Qionjiu can also apply Burn damage which helps chew through tanky enemies.

The demon lord that is Mauga has been a top-tier option since Season 11’s midseason patch, and he’s still tankier than ever in Season 13.

When it comes to weakside tanks, Sion is the tankiest of the bunch. Between Heartsteel and his max HP stacking on W, killing Sion takes forever.

The phrase, “tank meta”, is one that carries a lot of weight when it comes to MOBAs. These metas are generally characterized by tanky, unkillable behemoths dominating the meta and leaving any character that isn’t focused around raw DPS in the dust.

Word Forms

• tankier
• tankiest
• tankies

Antonyms for tanky

Common opposites include squishy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fusty, oaky, danksome, dankish, tanklike, corky.

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