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Planking

n Planking

Verb: The art of actively lying down.
The objective of the perfect plank is to have a dead straight body, arms by side, palms facing inwards, toes down or pointed - to mimic a plank of wood.
*Variations are the vertical plank, the inverted plank, the hanging plank, multiple ply plank and many more.
that plank is awesome, it gave me wood

his legs and arms weren't straight, that plank was gammin

dude, what on the hell are you doing? just a bit of planking, care to join me?
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Planking

The act of lying flat on your stomach, arms to your side, all extremities straight back, all in posing for pictures to put on Facebook or other social networking sites
Joe was planking on top of a park bench and posted the picture to Facebook.
by HACKAMUH October 31, 2011
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Planking

When an individual person lays down, in a straight, face first position in an unusual place, whilst someone else takes a picture of this. These pictures are often used as profile pictures. Very popular in Australia, although frowned upon because of an unfortunate death involving a multi-story apartment and a window ledge.
dude, see that fence there, im going to plank on it, take a picture.
Aw man, i got some great planking photos
by detreblig October 6, 2011
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Planking

The act of laying around in random places motionless.
Q: When should you plank?
A: When you're board.

I have to put the word "planking" here too apparently.
by Mister Doob July 16, 2013
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planking

The act of having one's picture taken while lying down flat as a "plank" on some surface, generally in a public place.
Man, that girl is really photogenic. I know dude, especially when she is planking.
by Bod_of_a_God October 8, 2011
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planking

laying down in your stomach facing the ground, looking as awkward/dead as possible Artitsts of this exciting sport have a creative nature. This sport is not illegal but frowned upon as "the man" of society thinks its of naughty behaviour however competitors in this nail biting sport think its the balls
guy 1: "man that guy is doing some awesome planking"
guy 2: "dayyyyyuuum"
competitor: *keeps on planking*
by ={D December 11, 2011
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planking

Lying face down on the ground with arms to the side of the body in unusual places to get a ''wtf?'' from people who are not accustomed to this activity.

Many plankers will take pictures of their planking and post them to the Internets to arouse laughter.

Some idiots might plank in unsafe places, resulting in stupid injuries.
Danny: Hey Drogo, did you hear what happened to Viserys?
Drogo: No, what did your idiot brother do again?
Danny: He was planking on train tracks and got hit by a train.
Drogo: Stupid Dragon.
by tincel1372 October 13, 2011
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