Nose-first

adj, adv

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the nose first.

    "The speed and her heavy pack threatened her balance, but she caught herself before succumbing to an embarrassing nose-first topple to the earth."

Adverb
  1. 1
    With the nose first.

    "Bullets do not fly straight, nose-first, but move slowly around their long axis in flight (precession)."

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"The speed and her heavy pack threatened her balance, but she caught herself before succumbing to an embarrassing nose-first topple to the earth."

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