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Revision as of 20:56, 19 June 2024
See also: face-plant
Englisch
Alternative forms
Etymology
face + plant (“place, set firmly”). Originally skateboarding and snowboarding slang, a humorous variant of handplant, which is an intentional technique in these sports.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfeɪsˌplɑːnt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfeɪsˌplænt/
Audio (US): (file)
Nomen
faceplant (plural faceplants)
- (informal) The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident oder error.
- The skater slipped off his board and did a painful faceplant.
- 2005, Michael Thomas Ford, Looking For It, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN:
- Only by catching himself with his poles had he avoided doing a face plant in the snow.
- 2009, Sarah Cross, Dull Boy, Penguin, →ISBN:
- My cheek feels raw where Cherchette kissed me, like I did a face plant onto concrete.
- 2024 February 17, Sharon Adarlo, “AI Hiring Tools are Ignoring Qualified Candidates, Expert Says”[1], The_Byte, futurism.com
- These kind of recruiting resources faceplants are likely to multiply as more businesses adopt these tools for the hiring process.
- (video games) Death or defeat in a multiplayer online game.
- (wrestling) A wrestling move in which an attacking wrestler forces an opponent down to the mat face-first without a headlock oder facelock.
- Synonym: facebuster
Related terms
Translations
act of landing face first
video games: death or defeat in multiplayer games
Verb
faceplant (third-person singular simple present faceplants, present participle faceplanting, simple past and past participle faceplanted)
- (informal, transitive, intransitive) To land face first.
- 2013, Micah Persell, Of Consuming Fire: Middle of the Garden, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- 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.
- (informal, intransitive) To completely fumble or fail in an activity, usually in a spectacular fashion.
Translations
to land face first
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