plank

(British) a stupid person

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P0350800 (plăngk)n.1. a. A piece of lumber cut thicker than a board.b. Such pieces of lumber considered as a group; planking.2. A foundation; a support.3. One of the articles of a political platform.tr.v. planked, plank·ing, planks 1. To furnish or cover with planks: plank a muddy pathway.2. To bake or broil and serve (fish or meat) on a plank: "Boards specially made for planking food have grooves ... to hold juices" (Michael Stern).3. To put or set down emphatically or with force.

[Middle English, from Old North French planke, from Late Latin planca, from plancus, flat; see plāk- in Indo-European roots.]

plank

(plæŋk) n1. (Building) a stout length of sawn timber2. something that supports or sustains3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) one of the policies in a political party's programme4. (Nautical Terms) walk the plank to be forced by pirates to walk to one's death off the end of a plank jutting out over the water from the side of a ship5. slang Brit a stupid person; idiotvb (tr) 6. (Building) to cover or provide (an area) with planks7. (Cookery) to beat (meat) to make it tender8. (Cookery) chiefly US and Canadian to cook or serve (meat or fish) on a special wooden board[C13: from Old Norman French planke, from Late Latin planca board, from plancus flat-footed; probably related to Greek plax flat surface]

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(plæŋk) vb (tr) Scot to hide; cache[C19: a variant of plant]

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(plæŋk)
n. 1. a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board. 2. something to stand on or to cling to for support. 3. any one of the principles or objectives that make up the platform of a political party. v.t. 4. to lay, cover, or furnish with planks. 5. to bake or broil and serve (steak, fish, etc.) on a wooden board. 6. plunk (def. 2). [1275–1325; Middle English planke < Old North French < Latin planca board, plank]

plank

, board - A plank is thicker than a board.See also related terms for thicker.

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Past participle: planked
Gerund: planking

Imperative
plank
plank

Present
I plank
you plank
he/she/it planks
we plank
you plank
they plank

Preterite
I planked
you planked
he/she/it planked
we planked
you planked
they planked

Present Continuous
I am planking
you are planking
he/she/it is planking
we are planking
you are planking
they are planking

Present Perfect
I have planked
you have planked
he/she/it has planked
we have planked
you have planked
they have planked

Past Continuous
I was planking
you were planking
he/she/it was planking
we were planking
you were planking
they were planking

Past Perfect
I had planked
you had planked
he/she/it had planked
we had planked
you had planked
they had planked

Future
I will plank
you will plank
he/she/it will plank
we will plank
you will plank
they will plank

Future Perfect
I will have planked
you will have planked
he/she/it will have planked
we will have planked
you will have planked
they will have planked

Future Continuous
I will be planking
you will be planking
he/she/it will be planking
we will be planking
you will be planking
they will be planking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been planking
you have been planking
he/she/it has been planking
we have been planking
you have been planking
they have been planking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been planking
you will have been planking
he/she/it will have been planking
we will have been planking
you will have been planking
they will have been planking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been planking
you had been planking
he/she/it had been planking
we had been planking
you had been planking
they had been planking

Conditional
I would plank
you would plank
he/she/it would plank
we would plank
you would plank
they would plank

Past Conditional
I would have planked
you would have planked
he/she/it would have planked
we would have planked
you would have planked
they would have planked

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plank - a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposesboardmatchboard - a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor)skid - one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objectsstrake, wale - thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden shiplumber, timber - the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building materialchipboard, hardboard - a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resindeal - a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)knot - a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"knothole - a hole in a board where a knot came out
	2.	plank - an endorsed policy in the platform of a political partypolitical platform, political program, platform, program - a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program"policy - a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government; "they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation"
Verb	1.	plank - cover with planks; "The streets were planked"plank overcover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
	2.	plank - set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa"plonk, plunk down, flump, plump, plump down, plunk, plopplace down, put down, set down - cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"
	3.	plank - cook and serve on a plank; "Planked vegetable"; "Planked shad"dish, dish up, serve up, dish out, serve - provide (usually but not necessarily food); "We serve meals for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."; "The entertainers served up a lively show"

plank

noun board, beam, timber, stave made of three solid planks of wood

Translations

木制板条

plank

(plӕŋk) noun a long, flat piece of wood. The floor was made of planks.木制板条

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be (as) thick as a short plank

To be remarkably stupid, dimwitted, or obtuse. I smoked a lot of marijuana when I was in high school, so I was as thick as a short plank by the time I finally graduated. Jen's new girlfriend is very nice, but she's thick as a short plank.See also: plank, short, thick

(as) thick as two short planks

Remarkably stupid, dimwitted, or obtuse. I smoked a lot of marijuana when I was in high school, so I turned out thick as two short planks by the time I finally graduated. Jen's new girlfriend is very nice, but she's as thick as two short planks.See also: plank, short, thick, two

be (as) thick as two short planks

To be remarkably stupid, dimwitted, or obtuse. I was as thick as two short planks back in high school. Good thing I straightened out in college. Jen's new girlfriend is very nice, but she's thick as two short planks.See also: plank, short, thick, two

(as) thick as a short plank

Remarkably stupid, dimwitted, or obtuse. You're thick as a short plank if you think you can swim across that river. I must have been as thick as a short plank when I was younger, because I sure did some stupid things.See also: plank, short, thick

walk the plank

To be forced to accept the consequences of something. The phrase refers to the idea of pirates forcing their prisoners to walk off a plank on a ship and ultimately drown in the ocean. The person who's embezzling money from the company will have to walk the plank once their identity is discovered.See also: plank, walk

(as) thick as two planks

Remarkably stupid, dimwitted, or obtuse. I smoked a lot of marijuana when I was in high school, so I turned out thick as two planks by the time I finally graduated. Jen's new girlfriend is very nice, but she's as thick as two planks.See also: plank, thick, two

plank over

To cover something up with planks of wood. A noun or pronoun can be used between "plank" and "over." Pedestrians are not allowed on this path until builders have finished planking it over. It turns out they simply planked over the deteriorating ceiling rather than repairing it.See also: over, plank

plank over something

to cover something over with planking. The county planked over the old bridge so bicyclists could use it.See also: over, plank

*thick as a short plank

and *thick as two short planksexceptionally dim-witted. (*Also: as ~.) Dumb? He's as thick as a short plank, more like. Oh, I'd not say she was stupid. As thick as two short planks, yes, but stupid? Never!See also: plank, short, thick

walk the plank

Fig. to suffer punishment at the hand of someone. (Fig. on the image of pirates making their blindfolded captives die by walking off the end of a plank jutting out over the open sea.) Fred may think he can make the members of my department walk the plank, but we will fight back. Tom thought he could make John walk the plank, but John fought back.See also: plank, walk

walk the plank

Be forced to resign, as in We were sure that Ted hadn't left of his own accord; he'd walked the plank. This metaphoric idiom alludes to a form of execution used in the 17th century, mainly by pirates, whereby a victim was forced to walk off the end of a board placed on the edge of the ship's deck and so drown. [Second half of 1800s] See also: plank, walk

walk the plank

JOURNALISMIf someone in a position of authority walks the plank, they accept responsibility for something bad that has happened and leave their position. The company announced its new sales figures today, six weeks after the crisis that saw its chief executive walk the plank. Note: Many people believe that pirates used to kill their prisoners by forcing them to walk along a plank or gangplank sticking out from the edge of a ship until they fell into the sea. See also: plank, walk

thick as two planks

thick as two short planks

BRITISH, INFORMALIf someone is as thick as two planks or as thick as two short planks, they are very stupid. His people regarded him as a great and wise king. In fact he was as thick as two planks.See also: plank, thick, two

walk the plank

lose your job or position. The image here is of the traditional fate of the victims of pirates: being forced to walk blindfold along a plank over the side of a ship to your death in the sea.See also: plank, walk

thick as two (short) planks

very stupid. informal Variants of this expression include thick as a plank and thick as a brick . There is a play on thick in its basic sense ‘of relatively great depth from side to side’ and its colloquial sense ‘stupid’.See also: plank, thick, two

(as) thick as two short ˈplanks

(informal) (also (as) thick as ˈshit taboo, slang) (British English) (of a person) very stupid: Because she’s a model, people assume she’s as thick as two short planks, but she isn’t. OPPOSITE: (as) bright as a button Thick is the opposite of thin and can also mean ‘stupid’ in informal language.See also: plank, short, thick, two

walk the ˈplank

1 (in the past) walk along a board placed over the side of a ship and fall into the sea, as a punishment
2 (informal) be forced to leave your job or position: The food and the service is terrible in this restaurant. If you ask me, whoever is in charge should be made to walk the plank!See also: plank, walk

walk the plank

To be forced, as by pirates, to walk off a plank extended over the side of a ship so as to drown.See also: plank, walk

walk the plank, to

To be forced to die or to give up one’s position. The term refers to a form of execution favored by seventeenth-century pirates. A board was placed on the ship’s deck extending over the water, and the condemned was forced to walk off the end. Thomas Macaulay used it in 1844: “It would have been necessary for Howe and Nelson to make every French sailor whom they took to walk the plank.” See also: walk

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noun board

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noun a stout length of sawn timber

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noun an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party

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verb cover with planks

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verb set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

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verb cook and serve on a plank

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