Plank

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–noun 

1. a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.

2. lumber in such pieces; planking.

3. something to stand on or to cling to for support. 

4. 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.  



–verb (used with object) 

5. to lay, cover, or furnish with planks.

6. to bake or broil and serve (steak, fish, chicken, etc.) on a wooden board.

7. plunk (def. 2).  



broil

–verb (used with object) 

1. to cook by direct heat, as on a gridiron over the heat or in an oven under the heat; grill: to broil a steak. 

2. to scorch; make very hot. 



—Idiom

8. walk the plank, 

a. 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.

b. 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. 





　

Sean Penn himself fiercely idealistic, uncompromising, a little less angry now, must have read the book and reflected that there, but for the grace of God, went he. 



The movie is so good partly because it means so much, I think, to its writer-director. It is a testament like the words that Christopher carved into planks in the wilderness.





plonk

variant of plunk 

To strum or pluck (a stringed instrument).

the [stasis] of the visuals means it plays like a piece of legit [plonked] in the middle of the movie. 

plunked the [money] down on the counter. 

plunked onto the [couch] with a sigh of relief. 

Convulsion