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I understand that one of the purposes of bipartisanship is to cram something difficult and necessary down the American people's gullets for which neither party has the fortitude to assume full responsibility. It's a way of turning a possible gangplank into a teeter-totter.
James Wolcott

Meaning of "gangplank" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GANGPLANK

gangplank  [ˈɡæŋˌplæŋk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GANGPLANK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gangplank is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GANGPLANK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Debark (ship)

Debarcation or disembarkation is the process of leaving a ship or aircraft, or removing goods from a ship or aircraft..

Definition of gangplank in the English dictionary

The definition of gangplank in the dictionary is a portable bridge for boarding and leaving a vessel at dockside.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GANGPLANK


banc
bæŋk
bank
bæŋk
blank
blæŋk
blankety-blank
ˈblæŋkɪtɪˈblæŋk
clank
klæŋk
crank
kræŋk
dank
dæŋk
drank
dræŋk
flank
flæŋk
franc
fræŋk
frank
fræŋk
hank
hæŋk
lank
læŋk
outflank
ˌaʊtˈflæŋk
Planck
plæŋk
plank
plæŋk
prank
præŋk
rank
ræŋk
tank
tæŋk
thank
θæŋk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GANGPLANK

gangliated
gangliform
gangling
ganglion
ganglionated
ganglionic
ganglioside
gangly
gangmaster
Gangnail
gangplow
gangrel
gangrene
gangrenous
gangshag
gangsman
gangsta
gangsta rap
gangsta rapper
gangster

WORDS THAT END LIKE GANGPLANK

central bank
draw a blank
endorsement in blank
fuel tank
garboard plank
land bank
national bank
point-blank
sank
skank
spank
state bank
stop plank
the West Bank
think tank
walk the plank
wank
West Bank
World Bank
wrest plank

Synonyms and antonyms of gangplank in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gangplank» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GANGPLANK

Find out the translation of gangplank to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gangplank from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gangplank» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

跳板
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pasarela
570 millions of speakers

English

gangplank
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तख़्ता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدرج المتحرك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трап
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prancha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gangplank
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

passerelle de débarquement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gangplank
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Laufplanke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タラップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배다리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gangplank
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gangplank
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gangplank
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गँगप्नल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

borda iskelesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

plancia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trap
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трап
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pasarelă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξύλινης κρεμαστής γέφυρας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

loopplank
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

landgång
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

langangen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gangplank

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GANGPLANK»

The term «gangplank» is regularly used and occupies the 70.568 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GANGPLANK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gangplank

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QUOTES WITH «GANGPLANK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gangplank.
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James Wolcott
I understand that one of the purposes of bipartisanship is to cram something difficult and necessary down the American people's gullets for which neither party has the fortitude to assume full responsibility. It's a way of turning a possible gangplank into a teeter-totter.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GANGPLANK»

Discover the use of gangplank in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gangplank and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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St. Petersburg: An Oral History
"I somewhere have a record with Earl Gresh's orchestra playing at the Gangplank ," resident Lon Cooper said. The music was broadcast over the county's first radio station, now known as WSUN. "The radio station needed to be on the air only ...
Scott Taylor Hartzell, 2002
2
Popular Science
Portable. Gangplank. Beats. Wading. HOW YOU, TOO, CAN JOIN IN The Big Boom in. IT FITS NICELY under the gunwales of a small cruiser ( above ) while you are under way. Plank here was made of % " plywood, weighs only 25 pounds .
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Popular Mechanics
At right, the vessel noses into its dock and lifts its bow to lower gangplank for passengers and automobiles Opening like the jaws of a seagoing monster, a European ferry'' lifts its bow high and wide to make way for the motor vehicle- and  ...
4
Working in the Unoffice: A Guide to Coworking for Indie ...
'Community + Collaboration = Innovation ': JADE: We did an internal survey of people that are working inside of Gangplank, and asked them key questions, and 100 percent of Gangplank anchors have hired another anchor to do work with ...
Genevieve V. DeGuzman, Andrew I. Tang, 2011
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Mugged in Marseilles
O'Hara asked Carolina if they could move down toward the gangplank. He wanted to get a line-of-sight view of the two men and the gangplank to see Chet Lake. O'Hara knewwhat Lake looked like, but Carolina had seen him recently, so he ...
Coby Derek James, 2003
6
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Libelant alleged negligence in failing to provide a hand rope or railing extending along either side of the gangplank to the shore end, in failing to have the plank flush with the dock or taper off to the level of the dock, and in failing to give ...
Robert Force, A. N. Yiannopoulos, Martin Davies, 2006
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Webster's II New College Dictionary
A gangplank thus provides passage between a ship and a landing place. Gangway denotes a gangplank as well as various other kinds of passageways, as aisles Gang: is related to the Old English verb gang- an. "to walk, go," which has now ...
Houghton Mifflin Company, Webster, 1999
8
Popular Mechanics
GANGPLANK. tor. HITLER'S. DOORSTEP. Cargo rolls from ships to floating harbor's pier, from which it will be transported to Omaha beac U. S. Navy photo Barrage balloon flies over Navy "Rhino. Vol. S3 No. 1 ...
9
A Space of Anxiety: Dislocation and Abjection in Modern ...
Immigrants going down gangplank.1 It is a title which denotes the space between two symbolic territories. When people leave a country they are emigrants, when they enter another they are immigrants. Going down the gangplank they are ...
Anne Fuchs, 1999
10
Henri Fayol: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management
35] used the word "gangplank" in her translation while Coubrough[12, p. 28] used "bridge". To those who have an idea of the use of "gangplanks" by pirates and privateers, this word carries an unfortunate connotation of a one-way trip into ...
John C. Wood, Michael C. Wood, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GANGPLANK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gangplank is used in the context of the following news items.
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DVD REVIEW: 'Second Best' isn't as exotic as that first 'Hotel' visit
By the time they get to Patel's wedding, all is right in the world – just in time for the gangplank goodbyes. You can tell director John Madden was ... «Sioux City Journal, Jul 15»
2
Deron Williams' legacy with Nets in 2 words: Who's he? | New York …
Mets fans all but forced M. Donald Grant to walk a gangplank when Tom Seaver became a Red. Robinson Cano was branded a traitor when he ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
3
Looking back at early rodeo days | The Dalles Chronicle
In return, several cowboys from the association rode their horses up the gangplank to the ship. #Heck Harper, a television personality, Supreme ... «Dalles Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
Honoring the Survivors: Owatonna man overcomes lung cancer
“You're walking the gangplank while there's a sailor behind you with a sword in your back and you don't know if you're going to have to jump off ... «Southernminn.com, Jul 15»
5
The Final Voyage—Part 1
For a brief, fleeting moment we kissed and hugged loved ones, then fired up the engines, pulled the gangplank, untied the mooring lines and ... «Amerisurv, Jul 15»
6
League of Legends gives Gangplank and Miss Fortune a makeover
League of Legends' favourite pirates, Gangplank and Miss Fortune, have had a bit of a facelift in the newest update to the popular Moba. «Destructoid, Jul 15»
7
Two-tier system in mortgage market means higher costs for some …
For lower-income borrowers, lenders are "pulling up the gangplank," Taylor said. The rigid underwriting and high fees come as a reaction — or ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
8
To Canada, with gratitude
... evacuated to Wales, now stepping off the gangplank of the Empress of France onto Quebec City's welcoming shore - Canada's welcoming ... «Northumberland Today, Jul 15»
9
The millionaire who rescues migrants at sea
The migrants stepped down the gangplank to touch European soil and walked on to a tented processing camp with doctors, fold-out beds, food ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Rock'n'roll legend Johnny Devlin out of hospital after heart surgery
Neilson said the two of them were the first down the gangplank when they arrived, stepping into an ambulance straight away. Ad Feedback. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

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