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planking

planking noun: a series of planks; a group of planks. Also the present participle and gerund of plank.

planking: a series of planks; a group of planks
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Noun

planking (countable and uncountable, plural plankings)

  1. A series of planks; a group of planks.
  2. (slang) The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act.
    • First, there was planking. People taking pictures of themselves in a planked position and putting the photos on the Internet.2012 March 28, Trey Parker, “Faith Hilling”, in South Park, season 16, episode 3, spoken by Reporter
    • […] but, like planking, horsemanning, Tebowing, Hadoukening, and other viral photography memes, as a genre of public performance, dance in public is greatly facilitated by the channels of distribution that social media offer, […]2020, Harmony Bench, Perpetual Motion: Dance, Digital Cultures, and the Common

Also used as

planking is also the present participle and gerund of plank.

Examples of planking in a sentence

  • In an attempt to alleviate the problem, wooden planking, known as duckboards, was placed at the bottom of trenches and across other areas of muddy or waterlogged ground.
  • Traffic in and out of Nankan is by landing boat and planking.
  • There might have been no planking beneath the mould, for all that our feet could feel.

All 12 example sentences with planking

Forms of planking

pluralplankings

Origin of planking

From plank + -ing.

Phrases with planking

Questions about planking

What does planking mean?
Planking means a series of planks; a group of planks.
What part of speech is planking?
Planking is a noun.
What is the plural of planking?
The plural of planking is plankings.

Words near planking in the dictionary

  1. planked up
  2. planker
  3. plankers
  4. plankhouse
  5. plankhouses
  6. planking
  7. planking down
  8. planking up
  9. plankings
  10. Plankinton
  11. plankivore

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