Faceplant

Quick meaning: Faceplant is a noun meaning (informal) The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.

Meaning

(informal) The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.

More Meanings

1. (video games) Death or defeat in a multiplayer online game.
2. (wrestling) A wrestling move in which an attacking wrestler forces an opponent down to the mat face-first without a headlock or facelock.
3. (informal, transitive, intransitive) To land face first.
4. (informal, intransitive) To completely fumble or fail in an activity, usually in a spectacular fashion.

Example Sentences

The skater slipped off his board and did a painful faceplant.

My cheek feels raw where Cherchette kissed me, like I did a face plant onto concrete.

Only by catching himself with his poles had he avoided doing a face plant in the snow.

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.

Word Forms

• faceplants
• face-plant
• faceplanting
• faceplanted

Synonyms for faceplant

Depending on context, synonyms include facebuster.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include headslapper, pratfall, fall, misflip, fiasco, stumble.

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