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facemaking

facemaking noun: the act of making a face (making a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste).

Noun

facemaking (uncountable)

  1. The act of making a face (making a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste).
    • But this show, long on facemaking, shrieking, drawn-out pauses and the kind of fussy comic acting usually associated with domestic comedies, needed a lot more than live musicians to pick it up.2005, John Freedman, Moscow Performances II: The 1996-1997 Season, page 9

Origin of facemaking

From face + making.

Questions about facemaking

What does facemaking mean?
Facemaking means the act of making a face (making a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste).
What part of speech is facemaking?
Facemaking is a noun.

Words near facemaking in the dictionary

  1. facelocks
  2. facemail
  3. facemailed
  4. facemailing
  5. facemails
  6. facemaking
  7. faceman
  8. facemask
  9. facemasks
  10. facemen
  11. Facemire

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