2syllables
planking
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Definitions ofplanking
1verb
- To cover something with planking.
Example: "to plank a floor or a ship"
- To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
- To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
Example: "to plank money in a wager"
- 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.
1noun
- A series of planks; a group of planks.
- The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act.
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