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faceplant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfeɪsˌplænt/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈfeɪsˌplɑːnt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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.
    • My cheek feels raw where Cherchette kissed me, like I did a face plant onto concrete. 2009, Sarah Cross, Dull Boy, Penguin, →ISBN:
    • 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:
    • 2024 February 17, Sharon Adarlo, “AI Hiring Tools are Ignoring Qualified Candidates, Expert Says”https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-ignoring-qualified-candidates, The_Byte, futurism.com These kind of recruiting resources faceplants are likely to multiply as more businesses adopt these tools for the hiring process.
  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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
faceplants Number=Plur lexicographic
face-plant alternative lexicographic

Relateds

handplant · assplant

Synonyms

facebuster

Translations (7)

es plantío de pico (act of landing face first) · de Auf-die-Fresse-Fallen (act of landing face first) · es plantación de rostro (act of landing face first) · fi mahalasku (act of landing face first) · ru паде́ние n лицом вниз (act of landing face first) · hu pofára esés (act of landing face first) · de Auf-die-Schnauze-Fliegen (act of landing face first)

faceplant en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfeɪsˌplænt/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈfeɪsˌplɑːnt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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:
  2. (informal, intransitive) To completely fumble or fail in an activity, usually in a spectacular fashion.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
faceplanting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
face-plant alternative lexicographic
faceplanted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
faceplanted Tense=Past lexicographic
faceplants Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

facepalm · extreme sport

Synonyms

eat it · eat shit

Translations (12)

ru впечататься лицом (to land face first) · fr se planter la gueule (to land face first) · es plantarse el rostro (to land face first) · ml മൂക്കുംകുത്തി വീഴുക (to land face first) · de auf die Fresse fliegen (to land face first) · fi tehdä mahalasku (to land face first) · hu pofára esik (to land face first) · ru па́дать лицом вниз (to land face first) · fr se péter la gueule (to land face first) · de auf die Schnauze fallen (to land face first) · es plantar pico (to land face first) · fi kaatua naamalleen (to land face first)