Showing results for face-plant. Search instead for lattice-plant.

face-plant

British

verb

(intr) to fall onto one's face, esp when skiing or snowboarding

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

an act or instance of falling onto one's face

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

face-plant

“The airbag did not deploy, so I just did a face-plant right in the steering wheel, and I have two stitches here,” the “Mary Poppins” star said Friday, pointing to his chin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2023

“It’s about being able to take a really big risk and to know you can face-plant and it’s okay,” Schraf says.

From Washington Post ● May 19, 2022

I want to thank all the people who came to my aid the other day when I did a face-plant at the corner of Sixth and Pine.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2021

But as Cuccinelli's face-plant shows, any effort to pull this off is bound to fail.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2019

Better to end up with sore palms than to face-plant.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023