Definitions for plankings

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plankings plank·ing

Spelling: [plang-king]

IPA: /ˈplæŋ kɪŋ/

Plankings is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 363 anagrams from letters in plankings (agiklnnps).

Definitions for plankings

noun

1. planks collectively, as in a floor.
2. the act of laying or covering with planks.
3. a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
4. lumber in such pieces; planking.
5. something to stand on or to cling to for support.
6. any one of the stated principles or objectives comprising the political platform of a party campaigning for election:

Idioms

1. walk the plank, 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. to relinquish something, as a position, office, etc., under compulsion:

verb (used with object)

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).

Origin of plankings

First recorded in 1485-95; plank + -ing¹

Examples for plankings

Captain Shuffles was planking the quarter-deck with the commodore.

"The rest of the planking's sure to be gone by this time," continues the cavalier.

RH: The planking system drains into the plantings so only about 20 percent of the rainwater will go into the sewer system.

And he leaned his head in a baffled, tired way against the planking of the mill.

Dwight Hates planking Last summer “planking” was all the rage.

These had been thrown into the breach and planking nailed on over them.

The wan light of early day came through the cracks in the planking.

Tommy struck three times on the planking of the dock with his open hand.

Similar to planking, Eastwooding is when you angrily and accusatorially point at an empty chair.

Blood was everywhere; her planking was so slimy with it that men slipped and fell in it.