walking the plank

A form of walk the plank — On an early naval vessel or pirate ship: to be forced to walk off the end of a gangplank (a plank of wood extending outwards from the side of the vessel) and plunge into the ocean and drown, used as a method of killing.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of walk the plank
Cite this entry
APA

walking the plank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walking%20the%20plank

MLA

“walking the plank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walking%20the%20plank. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “walking the plank,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walking%20the%20plank.

Source: walking the plank on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.