plank: Meaning and Definition of

plank

1. a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
2. lumber in such pieces; planking.
3. something to stand on or to cling to for support.
4. any one of the stated principles or objectives comprising the political platform of a party campaigning for election: They fought for a plank supporting a nuclear freeze.
5. We suspect that the new vice-president walked the plank because of a personality clash.
1. to be forced, as by pirates, to walk to one's death by stepping off a plank extending from the ship's side over the water.
2. to relinquish something, as a position, office, etc., under compulsion:We suspect that the new vice-president walked the plank because of a personality clash.

1. to lay, cover, or furnish with planks.
2. to bake or broil and serve (steak, fish, chicken, etc.) on a wooden board.
3. plunk (def. 2).