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faceplant

UK/ˈfeɪsˌplɑːnt//ˈfeɪsˌplænt/

faceplant noun: the act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.

Noun

faceplant (plural faceplants)

  1. (informal) The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.
    • The skater slipped off his board and did a painful faceplant.
    • Only by catching himself with his poles had he avoided doing a face plant in the snow.2005, Michael Thomas Ford, Looking For It, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN
  2. Death or defeat in a multiplayer online game.
  3. A wrestling move in which an attacking wrestler forces an opponent down to the mat face-first without a headlock or facelock.
    Synonyms:
    facebuster

Verb

faceplant (third-person singular simple present faceplants, present participle faceplanting, simple past and past participle faceplanted)

  1. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To land face first.
    • Moments before she face-planted on the tile, his hands shot out and grabbed her, pulling her safely to his chest. She face-planted in the middle of his pecs instead.2013, Micah Persell, Of Consuming Fire: Middle of the Garden, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    eat it, eat shit
  2. (informal, intransitive) To completely fumble or fail in an activity, usually in a spectacular fashion.

faceplant meaning in Malayalam

faceplant in Malayalam

to land face first
മൂക്കുംകുത്തി വീഴുക mūkkuṅkutti vīḻuka

Synonyms of faceplant

Forms of faceplant

Noun
pluralfaceplants
alternative formface-plant
Verb
third-person singular presentfaceplants
present participlefaceplanting
past participlefaceplanted
pastfaceplanted

Origin of faceplant

From face + plant (“place, set firmly”). Originally skateboarding and snowboarding slang, a humorous variant of handplant, which is an intentional technique in these sports.

Questions about faceplant

What does faceplant mean?
Faceplant means the act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.
What is faceplant in Malayalam?
Faceplant in Malayalam is മൂക്കുംകുത്തി വീഴുക (mūkkuṅkutti vīḻuka). See Faceplant meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is faceplant?
Faceplant can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce faceplant?
Faceplant is pronounced /ˈfeɪsˌplɑːnt/ (UK).
What is the plural of faceplant?
The plural of faceplant is faceplants.

Words near faceplant in the dictionary

  1. facepics
  2. facepiece
  3. facepieces
  4. facepile
  5. facepiles
  6. faceplant
  7. faceplanted
  8. faceplanting
  9. faceplants
  10. faceplate
  11. faceplated

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