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Definition: Face-off |
Face-offNoun1. (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Slang | Noun. Source: Based on the normal definition of the word as a conflict between two groups. Definition: When one player from each team face each other and fight for the puck as the ref throws it down. Context: Used when referring to any situation where two players fight for the puck as the ref throws it down. Social Source: New York City club hockey players. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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Crosswords: Face-off |
| English words defined with "face-off": bully off ♦ face off. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Face-Off (1971) | |
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| "Face-off" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Face-off" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "face-off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Japanese Kanji | フィールド競技 (face, face sheet, face value, face-card, fade, fade ball, fade-in, fade-out, fatal, Federation Internationale de Nation Amateur cup, FI, fiance, fiction, field events, fielder's choice, fifty-fifty, figurative, figure, figure skating, Fiji, filament, filaria, filibuster, fill, fill-in, film, film library, film net, filter, filter-bank, filtering, fin, FINA cup, finale, finger, finger bowl, fingering, finish, Finland, fiscal policy, fish, fish meal, fishing, fit, fitness, fitness shoes, fitting, fitting room, fix, fixed, fixer, fjord, FO, phase, Philadelphia, philanthropy, philharmonic, philharmonie, Philippines, Philips, philosophy, physical, physical protection, questionnaire that asks for a demographic profile, vinyl drainpipe with fins). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | フェースオフ . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ace-offfay.(various references) | |
Thai | การเผชิญหน้า (คำไม่เป็นทางการ). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Face-off" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fakaofo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-f-f-o" | |
-2 letters: feoff. | |
-3 letters: cafe, caff, coff, face. | |
-4 letters: ace, aff, eff, foe, oaf, oca, off. | |
-5 letters: ae, ef, fa, oe, of. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 63 65 2D 6F 66 66 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01100011 01100101 00101101 01101111 01100110 01100110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a c e - o f f |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0063 0065 002D 006F 0066 0066 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4067697115817272 |
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