backpfeifengesicht

noun

A punchable face, or someone with such a face.

Scrabble 40

Meanings

nounbackpfeifengesicht (plural backpfeifengesichts)

plural backpfeifengesichts

  1. A punchable face, or someone with such a face.

    Death threats are, of course, dead out of order. But Brewer has a Backpfeifengesicht if anyone does.

    2017 April 29, “iteresting TV stuff”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet)
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    Perry, you're...you're...you're a Backpfeifengesicht." And she'd like to be the first to hit that face.

    2015, Stacy McKitrick, Blind Temptation

    It had started years before, when they'd been reading the Daily News on the subway and he'd casually noted that Ted Cruz had a Backpfeifengesicht—a face that needed a fist.

    2019, Sloane Tanen, There's a Word for That

    Looking up—and this required significant neck strain—she met deep blue eyes, a crop of dark blond hair, a full beard, and soft-looking lips. A strikingly handsome and familiar face, and a complete backpfeifengesicht.

    2020, Kate Meader, Man Down

    Hey, Maddy, did you arrive okay? These reptilians are sure bringing their own backpfeifengesicht, aren't they?

    2020, J. Michael Brower, Brian Miller: Dragon-Stars at War: Book Eight

Origin

  1. GermanBackpfeifengesicht
  2. Englishbackpfeifengesicht

Borrowed from German Backpfeifengesicht.

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backpfeifengesicht. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backpfeifengesicht

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“backpfeifengesicht.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backpfeifengesicht. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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