ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Planking

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Planking is a noun meaning A series of planks; a group of planks.

Meaning

A series of planks; a group of planks.

More Meanings

  1. present participle and gerund of plank
  2. (slang) The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act.

Example Sentences

First, there was planking. People taking pictures of themselves in a planked position and putting the photos on the Internet.
[…] 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, […]

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