Definition of PLANK

plank

Meanings

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

  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English plank, planke, borrowed from Old French planke, Old Northern French planque (compare French planche, from Old French planche), from Vulgar Latin planca, from palanca, from Latin phalanga. The Latin term derives from the Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx), so it is thus a doublet of phalange and phalanx. Compare also the doublets planch and planche, and plancha, borrowed later from Middle French, Modern French, and Spanish, respectively.

Synonyms

addle pate, addle-brain, addlehead, airhead, Alternative spelling of dumbass., ass, assclown, asshat, asshead, asstard, asswipe, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo, birdbrain, blockhead, blubberbrain, board, Boeotian, bonehead, boob, bozo, brainlet, brickhead, bubble brain, bubblehead, bufflehead, buffoon, buttbreath, Charlie, 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, flump, 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, plank over, plonk, plonker, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down, 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, Vulgar:, wally, wantwit, wazzer, wazzock, witless wonder, yo-yo, zany

Scrabble Score: 11

plank is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
plank is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
plank is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

plank is a valid Words With Friends word