faceplant

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faceplant

/ˈfeɪsˌplɑːnt/ UK
/ˈfeɪsˌplænt/ US

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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.

noun faceplants · face-plant

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.
Death or defeat in a multiplayer online game.
A wrestling move in which an attacking wrestler forces an opponent down to the mat face-first without a headlock or facelock.
Similar: facebuster

verb faceplants · faceplanting · faceplanted · face-plant

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.
Similar: eat it, eat shit
informal, intransitive To completely fumble or fail in an activity, usually in a spectacular fashion.

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noun act of landing face first

Español	plantación de rostro, plantío de pico
Deutsch	Auf-die-Schnauze-Fliegen, Auf-die-Fresse-Fallen
Русский	паде́ние n лицом вниз licom

verb to land face first

Español	plantarse el rostro, plantar pico
Français	se planter la gueule, se péter la gueule
Deutsch	auf die Fresse fliegen, auf die Schnauze fallen
Русский	па́дать лицом вниз licom, впечататься лицом vpečatatʹsja licom

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@misc{faceplant_2026,
  title = {faceplant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/faceplant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}