face-plant

1 of 2

noun

ˈfās-ˌplant 

variants or faceplant

plural face-plants or faceplants

: a sudden face-first fall

tripped and did a face-plant

face-plant

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verb

variants or less commonly faceplant

face-planted also faceplanted; face-planting also faceplanting; face-plants also faceplants

: to fall suddenly and face-first : to do a face-plant

tripped and face-planted on the stage

Examples of face-plant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

But Delapierre was flung forwards violently by the rapid deceleration and suffered a nasty face-plant into the cockpit. — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Under any normal circumstance, a big-market franchise face-plant this hard would mean that heads roll this offseason. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026

But the potential for a face-plant remains, especially given the large percentage of shares that will be doled out to retail investors who are, by and large, big Musk fans but also tend to be twitchy. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 11 June 2026

Especially as the Nuggets just performed one of the most epic face-plants in Colorado playoff history up in Minnesota. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 1 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1981, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1986, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for face-plant

• confidante
• interplant
• sycophant
• ant
• aunt
• cant
• chant
• gant
• lant
• pant
• plant
• quant