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Meaning of Planking | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A series of planks; a group of planks.
  2. The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act.

Equivalents

العربية التغطية بلوح
Français planking
Italiano tavolato
Українська обшивка

Examples

“First, there was planking. People taking pictures of themselves in a planked position and putting the photos on the Internet.”
“[…] but, like planking, horsemanning, Tebowing, Hadoukening, and other viral photography memes, as a genre of public performance, dance in public is greatly facilitated by the channels of distribution that social media offer, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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