ALL meanings of walk the plank
walk the plank
W w - noun walk the plank a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board. 1
- noun walk the plank lumber in such pieces; planking. 1
- noun walk the plank something to stand on or to cling to for support. 1
- noun walk the plank any one of the stated principles or objectives comprising the political platform of a party campaigning for election: They fought for a plank supporting a nuclear freeze. 1
- verb with object walk the plank to lay, cover, or furnish with planks. 1
- verb with object walk the plank to bake or broil and serve (steak, fish, chicken, etc.) on a wooden board. 1
- verb with object walk the plank plunk (def 2). 1
- idioms walk the plank 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: We suspect that the new vice-president walked the plank because of a personality clash. 1
- noun walk the plank to be forced by pirates to walk to one's death off the end of a plank jutting out over the water from the side of a ship 0
- noun walk the plank to walk blindfolded and manacled off a plank projecting from the side of a ship, as the victims of pirates were sometimes forced to do 0
- verb walk the plank (historical) On a pirate ship, to walk off a plank of wood into the ocean. Used as a method of killing. 0
- verb walk the plank (figuratively) To be forced to resign from a position in an organization. 0