Did you perchance mean faceplate?
Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. informal The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.
- n. video games Death or defeat in popular multiplayer online games.
- n. A wrestling move in which an attacking wrestler forces his/her opponent down to the mat face-first without a headlock or facelock.
- v. informal To land face first.
Etymologies
- face + plant (“place, set firmly”). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Does break. com have nothing but "faceplant" videos or idiot kids falling off skateboards?”
“Jim demonstrated Eckhart's "power of being in the now," with a faceplant in a pot of flowers on the stage, still speaking.”
“There isn't much that's more fun than watching Ivan Carter faceplant off a trampoline.”
The Washington Post: Media members attempting trampoline dunks
“I dunno, I'd be worried about doing a faceplant (worse yet, if you planted chickpeas, you might falafel your bike) (I did that once and I falafel about it).”
“Watching Randall do a faceplant on the gameboard on Survivor last night was a bit scary.”
“We don't know who this model is, but we cringed hard watching her do a faceplant out of nowhere while working this car show.”
The Huffington Post: Car Model Does Faceplant In Front Of Audience: FAL WATCH (VIDEO)
“Toxicity concerns don't amount to anything since I don't see many players sitting down to picnic on the surface--the odd faceplant notwithstanding.”
“You can t deny the entertainment value of a good faceplant.”
“You can't deny the entertainment value of a good faceplant.”
“I end up stop breating and faceplant messes up the hair too!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘faceplant’.
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That Could Have Gone Better
dud, flop, fiasco, debacle, failure, learning experience, wash, doa, epic fail, bomb, crash and burn, bungle and 41 more...
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About Face
face, about face, about-face, facet, faced, face card, face value, face facts, facetious, Janus-faced, Boniface, volte-face and 70 more...
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bilby's Words
pandemic, whirl, guffaw, ethereal, feisty, dunt, ephemeral, pule, flipergebet, prink, maunder, gammon and 1023 more...
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Australian
words not found in other
dictionaries,these are from Macquarie
Dictionary and not playable in
scrabbleabdul, abdulled, abdulling, abi, abiu, ablactate, absinthial, absinthian, absoluter, acalypha, acanthodian, acaroids and 5128 more...
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Wrestling with Words
Wrestling holds and moves. (Not professional wrestling, which deserves its own list.)
flying mare, scissor grip, scissors hold, toe hold, strangle, stranglehold, japanese strangle..., bear hug, Nelson, full nelson, half nelson, lock and 19 more...
Tweets
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bilby In Japan, more acceptable than cigarettes. Sep 23, 2009
whichbe A Smile That Grows™ Oct 23, 2008
bilby One of those words that seems to crop up in 'funny' home video descriptions such as "Painful Bike Faceplant Leaves Kid Sore". Sep 14, 2008