faceplant

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Etymology

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

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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.
    • 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.
  2. (video games) Death or defeat in a multiplayer online game.
  3. (wrestling) A wrestling move in which an attacking wrestler forces an opponent down to the mat face-first without a headlock or facelock.
    Synonym: facebuster
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faceplant (third-person singular simple present faceplants, present participle faceplanting, simple past and past participle faceplanted)

  1. (informal, transitive, intransitive) To land face first.
    Synonyms: eat it, (vulgar) eat shit
    • 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.
  2. (informal, intransitive) To completely fumble or fail in an activity, usually in a spectacular fashion.

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