English

Alternative forms

• face-plant

Noun

faceplant ‎(plural faceplants)

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.

2. (video games) Death or defeat in popular multiplayer online games.
3. A wrestling move in which an attacking wrestler forces his/her opponent down to the mat face-first without a headlock or facelock.

Usage notes

Other variants are more rarely found, such as assplant ‎(“land on one’s ass, buttocks (unintentionally)”), in addition to variants of the intentional handplant, such as elbow plant.

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Verb

faceplant ‎(third-person singular simple present faceplants, present participle faceplanting, simple past and past participle faceplanted)

1. (informal) To land face first.

Synonyms

• eat it

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See also

• extreme sports
• facepalm