bollplank

Swedish

Etymology

boll or bolla + plank

Noun

bollplank n

  1. a wall of planks intended to have a ball bounced against it (for practice)
  2. (figuratively) a sounding board (person or group whose reactions to a new idea or proposal serve to assess its acceptability – compare bolla idéer (“bounce ideas”))

Declension

Declension of bollplank
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bollplank bollplanks
definite bollplanket bollplankets
plural indefinite bollplank bollplanks
definite bollplanken bollplankens

References

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