The skater slipped off his board and did a painful faceplant.
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Faceplant
//ˈfeɪsˌplɑːnt//
Synonyms for "faceplant" (4 found)
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19 translations across 7 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- mahalasku noun (act of landing face first)
- kaatua naamalleen verb (to land face first)
- tehdä mahalasku verb (to land face first)
French
2 entries- se planter la gueule verb (to land face first)
- se péter la gueule verb (to land face first)
German
4 entries- Auf-die-Fresse-Fallen noun (act of landing face first)
- Auf-die-Schnauze-Fliegen noun (act of landing face first)
- auf die Fresse fliegen verb (to land face first)
- auf die Schnauze fallen verb (to land face first)
Hungarian
2 entries- pofára esés noun (act of landing face first)
- pofára esik verb (to land face first)
Malayalam
1 entries- മൂക്കുംകുത്തി വീഴുക verb (to land face first)
Russian
3 entries- паде́ние n лицом вниз noun (act of landing face first)
- впечататься лицом verb (to land face first)
- па́дать лицом вниз verb (to land face first)
Spanish
4 entries- plantación de rostro noun (act of landing face first)
- plantío de pico noun (act of landing face first)
- plantar pico verb (to land face first)
- plantarse el rostro verb (to land face first)
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Only by catching himself with his poles had he avoided doing a face plant in the snow.
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My cheek feels raw where Cherchette kissed me, like I did a face plant onto concrete.
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2024 February 17, Sharon Adarlo, “AI Hiring Tools are Ignoring Qualified Candidates, Expert Says”https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-ignoring-qualified-candidates, The_Byte, futurism.com These kind of recruiting resources faceplants are likely to multiply as more businesses adopt these tools for the hiring process.
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