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    [Noun]  | "tan" 


    1: a brown color imparted to the skin especially by exposure to the sun

    2: a light yellowish brown

    3: tan-colored articles of clothing

    Origin: 1674 ;

     French, tanbark, from Old French, from Medieval Latin tanum;

    [Noun]  | "black and tan" 


    1: a black-and-tan dog

    2: a drink consisting of a dark beer (such as stout or porter) and ale or beer of a paler color

    3: a recruit enlisted in England in 1920—21 for service in the Royal Irish Constabulary against the armed movement for Irish independence

    Origin: 1840 ;

    [Noun]  | "fan-tan" | \ ˈfan-ˌtan \


    1: a Chinese gambling game in which the banker divides a pile of objects (such as beans) into fours and players bet on what number will be left at the end of the count

    2: a card game in which players must build in sequence upon sevens and attempt to be the first one out of cards

    Origin: 1878 ;

     Chinese (Guangdong) fāantāan;

    [Noun]  | "spray tan" 


    1: a simulated suntan produced by darkening the skin with a sprayed-on chemical preparation; also : the chemical preparation used to produce a spray tan

    Origin: 1950 ;

    [Verb]  | "tan" | \ ˈtan \


    1: to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun

    2: to convert (hide) into leather by treatment with an infusion of tannin-rich bark or other agent of similar effect

    3: to convert (protein) to leather or a similar substance

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English tannen, from Anglo-French tanner, from Medieval Latin tannare, from tanum, tannum tanbark;

    [Verb]  | "tans" 


    1: to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible;


      * e.g., " ... Grandpa told us that when he was a kid, if he misbehaved at all, his father would tan his backside with a belt "



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    2: to strike repeatedly;


      * e.g., " ... a time when children were routinely tanned for misbehavior "



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    [Verb]  | "tan" 


    1: to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible;


      * e.g., " ... Grandpa told us that when he was a kid, if he misbehaved at all, his father would tan his backside with a belt "



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    2: to strike repeatedly;


      * e.g., " ... a time when children were routinely tanned for misbehavior "



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     [ "Tan tan" ]

    1: Most common among Spanish speakers, "tan tan" means "the end".

      * e.g.,  ... *movie ends* 

     [ "tan tan" ]

    1: The act of going tanning

      * e.g.,  ... "Lets go tan tan. I look so pasty." 

     [ "Tan Tan" ]

    1: The nickname for MOUNT TAN, the smallest mountain in the world.

      * e.g.,  ... I almost stepped on Mt. Tan today when I was walking home from school. 

     [ "Tanning" ]

    1: Efforts to darken the shade of human skin, either by natural means (direct exposure to the sun), artifical products (self-tanners), or enhanced exposure to simulated sunlight (tanning beds). Excessive tanning is likely associated with skin cancer.

      * e.g.,  ... "Orange alert! Paris should really stop going to the salon to fake and bake - instead of wasting her time tanning, she should work for world peace." 

     [ "tanning" ]

    1: People cooking.

      * e.g.,  ... Let's go tanning in the oven. 

     [ "tan" ]

    1: to go brown in the sun (at least that was always what I innocently thought it meant)

      * e.g.,  ... Oh look I have a tan 

     [ "tan" ]

    1: a very hot and attractive asian

      * e.g.,  ... i saw a tan the other day 

     [ "tan" ]

    1: To brown the skin in the sun.

      * e.g.,  ... -Hey I like you tan. 

     [ "tan" ]

    2: Majority of people believe that taking slow steps for developing melanoma is a great way to lookg good.

      * e.g.,  ... -Thanks I enjoy going to the tanning booth just as much as I enjoy malignant tumors. 

     [ "Tan" ]

    1: An extremely handsome man, just a wink from him will get your panties soaking.

      * e.g.,  ... "That dude is such a Tan bro" 

     [ "Tanning" ]

    1: Dermatologic suicide performed to temporarily improve one's appearance.

      * e.g.,  ... Let's go tanning. We'll get wrinkles by 25 and melanoma by 40, but we're sure gonna look fresh in our wifebeaters this weekend. 

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