plank

Plural: planks

Noun

• a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
• an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
• A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
• A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
• Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
• A stupid person, idiot.
• That which supports or upholds.

Verb

Verb Forms: planked, planking, planks

• To cover with long, flat pieces of wood.
• cover with planks
  • "The streets were planked"
• 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"
• cook and serve on a plank
  • "Planked vegetable"
  • "Planked shad"
• To cover something with planking.
• To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
• To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
• To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
• To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
• To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.

Examples

• Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.
• He decided to PLANK down his word in a way that blocked his opponent’s access to the bonus squares.
• to plank a floor or a ship
• to plank money in a wager

Synonyms

board, flump, plank over, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down, Alternative spelling of dumbass., Boeotian, Charlie, Vulgar:, addle pate, addle-brain, addlehead, airhead, ass, assclown, asshat, asshead, asstard, asswipe, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo, birdbrain, blockhead, blubberbrain, bonehead, boob, bozo, brainlet, brickhead, bubble brain, bubblehead, bufflehead, buffoon, buttbreath, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, cittern-head, clod, clodpate, clot, clown, crackhead, cretin, cuckoo, deadhead, dildo, dim bulb, dimbo, dimbus, dimwit, ding dong, dingbat, dingleberry, dingwad, dip, dipshit, dipstick, doldrum, dolt, donkey dick, donut, doodle, doof, doofoid, doofus, dope, dork, drivel, drongo, drool bucket, dullard, dumb bunny, dumb cluck, dumbbell, dumbfuck, dumbfucker, dumbhead, dumble, dumbling, dumbnut, dumbo, dumbshit, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dunderpate, eejit, farthead, fathead, featherbrain, fenderhead, fleabrain, fool, fopdoodle, fuck-knuckle, fucktard, fuckwit, galoot, gimboid, gomer, gonk, goober, goof, goofball, goofy, goose, goosecap, gorbuson, gudgeon, ha'porth, halfwit, hammerhead, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, inbred, jackaninny, jackass, jellybrain, jerk, juggins, jughead, knothead, knucklehead, lackwit, lamebrain, log, loggerhead, lummox, lunk, lunkhead, maroon, meatball, meathead, mental midget, mome, momo, mongoloid, mongtard, monkey, moron, mouth breather, muggins, mushhead, mutt, muttonhead, nimrod, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit, nitwit, noddy, noodlehead, numbskull, oaf, peabrain, peagoose, peckerhead, pigwidgeon, pillock, pinhead, plank, plonker, prat, put, putz, retard, sap, saphead, schmo, shitbrain, shithead, shitneck, shitwit, silly, simp, simpleton, snapperhead, sot, space cadet, spanner, stupe, stupid, stupid-head, tard, thickhead, thicko, thickskull, tomfool, tonto, toolbox, tosspot, turkey, twat, twit, wally, wantwit, wazzer, wazzock, witless wonder, yo-yo, zany

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