face-plant

A form of faceplant — The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.

Meanings

nounface-plant (plural face-plants)

plural face-plants

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of faceplant.
verbface-plant (third-person singular simple present face-plants, present participle face-planting, simple past and past participle face-planted)

present singular third person face-plants · participle present face-planting · participle past face-planted · past face-planted

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of faceplant.

    He stumbles on the steps and falls, clumsily enough to face-plant on a riser.

    2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 195
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “face-plant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/face-plant.

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