Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

walk the gangplank

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: walk the -gang-plank
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of walk the plank.

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, gangplank.

Example Sentences

"I couldn't figure out whether Porterfield was being patient, a rare occurrence, or whether he was cleverly setting me up to walk the gangplank of my career."
"Then he made Lumpy Lawson the Ship's Cook, Bald Ben his First Mate, and told the twins he would make them walk the gangplank."
"All passengers without permission to sail must walk the gangplank."
"We walk the gangplank together, locked arm in arm."

Inflected Forms

walks the gangplank (present, singular) walking the gangplank (participle, present) walked the gangplank (participle, past) walked the gangplank (past)

Synonyms

walk the plank

Questions

What does walk the gangplank mean?: Synonym of walk the plank.

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