Plank
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Plank may refer to:
- Plank (wood)Plank (wood)A plank is a piece of timber, flat, elongated and rectangular, with parallel faces, higher or longer than wide, used in the construction of ships, houses, bridges, etc......
- Plank (exercise)Plank (exercise)The plank is an isometric core strength exercise that involves maintaining a difficult position for extended periods of time...
, an isometric exercise for the abdominal muscles - The Plank (1967 film), a British comedy film with no dialogue
- The Plank (1979 film)The Plank (1979 film)The Plank is a popular 30-minute, 1979 British slapstick comedy, which was a remake of an earlier 1967 version of the film which was written and directed by Eric Sykes. The 1967 version of "The Plank" was, in turn, based on an episode called "Sykes and A Plank", which Eric Sykes wrote for his...
, a remake of the 1967 film - Plank, an item of a party platformParty platformA party platform, or platform sometimes also referred to as a manifesto, is a list of the actions which a political party, individual candidate, or other organization supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said peoples' candidates voted into political office or...
in United States politics - Plank, a character in Ed, Edd n Eddy
People with the surname
- Conny PlankConny PlankKonrad "Conny" Plank was a German record producer and musician. He was born in Hütschenhausen. His creativity as a sound engineer and producer helped to shape some of the most important and innovative recordings of postwar European popular music, covering a wide range of genres including...
(1940–1987), German record producer and musician - Ed PlankEd PlankEdward Arthur Plank, born April 9, 1952, is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched for the San Francisco Giants in 1978 and 1979.-References:...
(born 1952), American baseball pitcher in the late 1970s - Eddie PlankEddie PlankEdward Stewart Plank , nicknamed "Gettysburg Eddie", was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He is the first left-handed pitcher to win 200 games and then 300 games, and now ranks third in all-time wins among left-handers with 326 career victories and first all-time in career shutouts by a...
(1875–1926), early 20th-century American baseball player
See also
- Walking the plankWalking the plankWalking the plank was a form of murder or torture thought to have been practiced by pirates, mutineers and other rogue seafarers. The victim was forced to walk off the end of a wooden plank or beam, the final six feet of which extended over the side of a ship...
, form of execution associated with pirates - Plank HousePlank HouseThe indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest constructed their homes, a plank house from the biodegradable cedar tree.The American Heritage Dictionary defines longhouse as "a long communal dwelling, especially of certain Native American, Polynesian, and Indonesian peoples." The homes commonly...
, homes of indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest constructed from the cedar tree - Planck (disambiguation)Planck (disambiguation)Planck may refer to:* Max Planck , a German physicist considered to be the founder of quantum theory- Physics and science :* Planck's law of black body radiation* Planck constant* Planck units** Planck current** Planck density...
- Planking (disambiguation)
- SlatsSlatsA Slat is a long, thin, flat piece of lumber or plasticSlat or Slats may also refer to:*Leading edge slats fitted to aircraft*Mini blinds - for windows*SLAT, for Slow, Low, Aerial Target, a pejorative nickname for the A-10 Thunderbolt II...