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facefirst

facefirst adverb: violently forward, with one's face foremost.

Adverb

facefirst (not comparable)

  1. Violently forward, with one's face foremost.
    • Fejes was thrown facefirst to the snow and remained down for several minutes but walked off the course on his own.2007 January 28, Matt Higgins, “Hoping That X Games Can Turn White Into Green”, in New York Times

Forms of facefirst

alternative formface-first

Origin of facefirst

From face + first.

Questions about facefirst

What does facefirst mean?
Facefirst means violently forward, with one's face foremost.
What part of speech is facefirst?
Facefirst is an adverb.

Words near facefirst in the dictionary

  1. faced up
  2. faced up to
  3. facedly
  4. facedown
  5. facedowns
  6. facefirst
  7. facefuck
  8. facefucked
  9. facefucking
  10. facefucks
  11. faceful

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