backpfeifengesicht

backpfeifengesicht noun: a punchable face, or someone with such a face.

Noun

backpfeifengesicht (plural backpfeifengesichts)

A punchable face, or someone with such a face.
- Perry, you're...you're...you're a Backpfeifengesicht." And she'd like to be the first to hit that face.2015, Stacy McKitrick, Blind Temptation
- Death threats are, of course, dead out of order. But Brewer has a Backpfeifengesicht if anyone does.2017 April 29, “iteresting TV stuff”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet)

It had started years before, when they'd been reading the Daily News on the subway and he'd casually noted that Ted Cruz had a Backpfeifengesicht—a face that needed a fist.2019, Sloane Tanen, There's a Word for That:
A strikingly handsome and familiar face, and a complete backpfeifengesicht.2020, Kate Meader, Man Down:
These reptilians are sure bringing their own backpfeifengesicht, aren't they?2020, J. Michael Brower, Brian Miller: Dragon-Stars at War: Book Eight:

plural	backpfeifengesichts

Borrowed from German Backpfeifengesicht.

What does backpfeifengesicht mean?: Backpfeifengesicht means a punchable face, or someone with such a face.
How do you use backpfeifengesicht in a sentence?: It had started years before, when they'd been reading the Daily News on the subway and he'd casually noted that Ted Cruz had a Backpfeifengesicht—a face that needed a fist.
What part of speech is backpfeifengesicht?: Backpfeifengesicht is a noun.
What is the plural of backpfeifengesicht?: The plural of backpfeifengesicht is backpfeifengesichts.

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