plank
noun
[ plaŋk ]
• a long, thin, flat piece of timber, used especially in building and flooring.
• a fundamental point of a political or other programme.
• "the central plank of the bill is the curb on industrial polluters"
• a physical exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles, in which one performs a press-up and holds the raised position for a set period of time.
• "the session usually include a lot of core work, lunges, planks, and squats"
• a stupid person.
plank
verb
• make, provide, or cover with planks.
• "the ship was planked with teak"
• put or set (something) down forcefully or abruptly.
• "Ned planked the glasses in front of him"
• hide (something).
• "he had planked £1,000 under the mattress"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Northern French planke, from late Latin planca ‘board’, feminine (used as a noun) of plancus ‘flat-footed’.
