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nosefirst

nosefirst is the alternative form of nose-first.

Meaning of nose-first

Adjective

nose-first (comparative more nose-first, superlative most nose-first)

  1. Having the nose first.
    • The speed and her heavy pack threatened her balance, but she caught herself before succumbing to an embarrassing nose-first topple to the earth.2013, Lindsay Buroker, Conspiracy: The Emperor's Edge

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Forms of nosefirst

Adjective
comparativemore nosefirst
superlativemost nosefirst
Adverb
comparativemore nosefirst
superlativemost nosefirst

Questions about nosefirst

What is nosefirst the alternative form of?
Nosefirst is the alternative form of nose-first.

Words near nosefirst in the dictionary

  1. nosediving
  2. nosedness
  3. nosedove
  4. noseeum
  5. noseeums
  6. nosefirst
  7. noseful
  8. nosefuls
  9. nosegay
  10. nosegayed
  11. nosegays

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nosefirst (page history and authors); nose-first (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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