Definition of (face) in English English dictionary
- Stink Face
- A humiliating wrestling move in which a wrestler rubs his/her exposed buttocks in their opponent's face
A character named “Puke,” who can vomit on command, X-Pac urinating in an opponents boot, and Rikishi’s “stink face” (i.e., rubbing his massive rear in the face of another wrestler) are examples of attempts to boost wrestling ratings.
- about face
- A complete change of opinion, direction, etc
The new policy represents a complete about face from the old one.
- about face
- To turn 180 degrees
When he saw the police car, he about-faced and quickly walked away.
- about face
- A military command to a formation of soldiers to reverse the direction in which they are facing
- about-face
- An abrupt turn to face the opposite direction; often used metaphorically
When Luke heard the news, he did an abrupt about-face on the policy.
- about-face
- To turn 180 degrees to face the opposite direction; often used metaphorically
A politician will about-face at the drop of a hat if he thinks there are votes in it.
- arse about face
- Something that is placed or arranged the opposite way to the way it should be
No wonder it doesn't look right mate, you've got the whole thing arse about face.
- at the coal face
- To be directly engaged in the operations of a business, rather than in a hands-off, managerial position
- baby face
- A person having such a face, often used in a derisive manner
- baby face
- In professional wrestling, the headlining wrestler who is a good guy, especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned
- baby face
- A face resembling that of a baby; a youthful face
- blow up in one's face
- To fail disastrously
If I took the risk to speak with my friend and the whole thing blew up in my face, I'd probably feel ashamed and exposed whenever I thought about it for a very, very long time.
- carb-face
- A condition in which the face swells
- chocolate face
- One whose face is covered in chocolate
- chocolate face
- A derisive name for a black person
- clock face
- The surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
- clock-face timetable
- A service pattern where services depart at regular intervals, and thus at the same number of minutes past each hour
The new clock-face timetable means services to Cardiff now depart at 10 and 40 minutes past the hour.
- clock-face timetables
- plural form of clock-face timetable
- close the face
- To turn the face of the bat inwards, in order to hit the ball to the leg side
- code face
- The place where programmers develop source code (as opposed to conceptually distant areas such as design and marketing)
Code craft starts at the codeface; it's where we love to be. We programmers are never happier than when immersed in an editor, bashing out line after line of perfectly formed and well-executed source code.
- crater face
- A term used to refer to someone whose face is scarred or pockmarked by acne, smallpox, or other medical conditions, injury, or age
- cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary
- cutting off one's nose to spite one's face
- Present participle of cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- face
- Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application
I'll be out in a sec, just let me put on my face.
- face
- The front surface of a bat
- face
- The mouth
He's always stuffing his face with chips.
- face
- The public image; outward appearance
He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.
- face
- A typeface
- face
- To deal with (a difficult situation or person)
I'm going to have to face this sooner or later.
- face
- The directed force of something
They turned to boat into the face of the storm.
- face
- The part of a {{|}} that hits the ball
- face
- The numbered dial of a clock or watch
- face
- to position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something)
Face the sun.
- face
- To have the front in a certain direction
The bunkers faced north and east, toward Germany.
- face
- Any surface; especially a front or outer one
She wanted to wipe him off the face of the earth.
- face
- Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face)
- face
- to have its front closest to (something else)
Turn the chair so it faces the table.
- face
- The good guy; a wrestler embodying heroic or virtuous traits
The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback.
- face
- One's facial expression
Why the sad face?.
- face
- The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area
She has a pretty face.
- face
- To be the striking batsman
- face
- Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension
- face
- The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck)
- face
- The frontal aspect of something
The face of the cliff loomed above them.
- face card
- A playing card which has a picture on it (usually Jack, Queen or King, but can include Ace or Joker)
- face cloth
- A small cloth used to wash one's face
- face for radio
- An ugly face
- face fucking
- Aggressive deepthroat fellatio
- face like a bag of spanners
- A very ugly face
More wrinkles than a tortoise, face like a bag of spanners.
- face man
- A person who is used to present a good public face for an organization
- face mask penalties
- plural form of face mask penalty
- face mask penalty
- A penalty in American Football where one player grabs the face mask of an opposing player. There are two versions of this penalty: Incidental Face Mask and the more serious Personal Foul Face Mask penalty
- face masks
- plural form of face mask
- face men
- plural form of face man
- face off
- Either an actual or a figurative face to face confrontation, especially a bitter one
- face off
- The starting point, in a match of ice hockey. Two players face each other, for snatching the puck
- face off
- To confront someone
- face offs
- plural form of face off
- face painting
- The application of decorative paint to the face
- face powder
- A cosmetic made from coloured talc, applied to the face
- face powders
- plural form of face powder
- face that would stop a clock
- A shockingly attractive face
I can remember when you could stop a clock.
- face that would stop a clock
- A shockingly unattractive face
Archie was an artist, finely chiselled, the type girls go for like catnip. He . . . was expected to marry an American heiress. But she loved a muscular curate with a face that would stop a clock.
- face the facts
- To accept what is true, especially when it is undesirable
- face the music
- to accept or confront the unpleasant consequences of one's actions
- face time
- Time spent talking face-to-face with another person or group of people, as opposed to e-mail or other forms of communication
- face to face
- in person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody
He sounds intimidating over the phone, but if you meet him face to face you will find he is a friendly enough fellow.
- face up to
- To confront a condition or situation, typically one that is unpleasant or uncomfortable
We must all face up to the fact that we're not getting any younger.
- face validity
- A property of a test in which its appearance suggests to an observer that it will measure that which it has been designed to measure
One means toward avoiding a split between a profession and its academic discipline is to ensure that teaching programmes have face validity for members of those professions in which students might seek employment.
- face value
- No more or less than what is stated; a literal or direct meaning or interpretation
Please take this comment at face value and don't try to read anything into it.
- face value
- The amount or value listed on a bill, note, stamp, etc.; the stated value or amount
- face-down
- In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed forward for viewing is positioned downward
He placed the page face-down on the table so that we could not see its contents.
- face-off
- A confrontation or argument between two people or groups
It's unclear which side will win the latest face-off between the President and Congress.
- face-off
- The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee
- face-plants
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of faceplant
- face-plants
- plural form of face-plant
- face-to-face
- While physically present
- face-to-face
- In one another's presence
- face-value
- Alternative spelling of face value
- fall on one's face
- To fail, especially in a dramatic or particularly decisive manner
thers grumbled, questioning whether this man knew anything about fighting in the desert or was simply a strutting martinet who, once he was confronted with the tactical brilliance of Rommel, would fall on his face like so many before him. Unfortunately, if Montgomery failed, he would no doubt take a good part of the Eighth Army with him.
- fly in the face of
- To act in a manner highly contrary to; to counteract or contradict
The new design is very edgy and certainly flies in the face of tradition.
- fuck face
- One's facial expression during orgasm
- game face
- The expression of one who is prepared for or is facing a lot of difficult and/or undesirable work, especially when it is imminent
The editor told his star reporter to put his game face on, because he was going to cover a potentially hours-long city council meeting where they were going to discuss the controversial issue and tempers were expected to flare.
- game face
- A facial expression used to prevent giving away one's emotions
- give face
- To confront
- give face
- To honor; to pay respect
- have egg on one's face
- To suffer embarrassment or humiliation; to damage one's reputation
I hope the bishop of Hereford comes out of this with a great deal of egg on his face. - The Obverser, 01/04/2007, Bishop blocks gay youth worker's job,.
- in face of
- Despite
- in face of
- Face to face
- in one's face
- Onto or into someone's face
- in one's face
- In front of someone's face; before someone's eyes
- in the face of
- despite, against, contrary to
- in the face of
- on the face of
- in your face
- An exclamation of derision and contempt
I got picked for the cheerleading squad, and YOU didn't. In your face!.
- in-your-face
- aggressively or blatantly confrontational
- just another pretty face
- Someone who is attractive, but not too distinguished
After screening her application, the office manager decided that the young woman was just another pretty face and decided to hire someone who was better.
- lamellar face
- The side of a mushroom gill; not the edge
- long face
- An expression of sadness and disappointment
Why the long face? Is something wrong?.
- lose face
- To lose the respect of others, to be humiliated or experience public disgrace
- loses face
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lose face
- losing face
- Present participle of lose face
- lost face
- Simple past tense and past participle of lose face
- make a face
- To make a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste
- moon-face
- a swollen and rounded face, often indicative of a disease (Cushing's syndrome) or of a steroid side-effect
- off one's face
- Extremely intoxicated, either by alcohol or drugs
- on the face of
- notwithstanding
On the face of all the evidence, he was found guilty.
- on the face of it
- Apparently; as far as can be seen or determined
- open the face
- to turn the face of the bat outwards in order to hit the ball on the off side
- open-face
- Being a single slice of bread with a topping
- plain as the nose on one's face
- Extremely clear and plain to see
- poker face
- Any similar expression used to prevent giving away one's motives, feelings, or situation
- poker face
- An impassive facial expression cultivated to prevent other players from determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand, or of bluffing
Though he thought he had a perfect poker face, he had a number of tells his opponents soon learned.
- pull a face
- To make an abnormal facial expression, either intentionally of because of an emotion
- red face test
- A hypothetical test of a person's embarrassment, that is either passed or failed. Saying one passes the red face test means one would not blush and thus would not be embarrassed by disclosing something to others or doing something, and saying one fails the red face test means a situation would cause them discernible embarrassment
- rock face
- An exposed, roughly vertical expanse of rock
- save face
- To take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour
He tried to make reparations to those he had injured, partly to save face.
- shut one's face
- To stop talking; to be quiet
Why don’t you just shut your face? I’m tired of listening to you.
- smiley face
- A simplified drawing of a smiling face, using two dots for the eyes and an arc for the mouth
- smiley face
- A smiley
Against Mary Jane's wishes, I texted Gavin just to reassure him that I was not going out with his girlfriend. I put a smiley face at the end of the message.
- stare someone in the face
- To be extremely visible and obvious
Then, one night you wake up with a start at 3 o'clock in the morning with the answer staring you in the face. Or maybe it hits you in the bath, like Archimedes, or while you're on the loo.
- straight face
- A face that is expressionless, especially not laughing
I don't think I could recite Peter Piper 10 times fast with a straight face.
- stuff one's face
- To eat excessively
- suck face
- To kiss, especially deeply and for a prolonged time
We would wrap our arms around each other and suck face like orangutans in his little red Fiero.
- until one is blue in the face
- Forever; for a hopelessly long time
You can explain it until you're blue in the face, but he will never understand.
- volte face
- A dramatic change in mood or tone, commonly in poetry
Shakespeare often used volte faces in the rhyming couplets at the end of his sonnets.
- volte-face
- a reversal of policy, attitude or principle
- written all over someone's face
- Very obvious, from someone's facial expression
- put a brave face on things
- (Ev ile ilgili) Behave in a way that makes people think you are happy when you are not
- pull a long face
- look worried; look unhappy
- put a brave face
- (Ev ile ilgili) Behave in a way that makes people think you are happy when you are not
- face
- {v} to oppose, to meet or cover in front
- face
- {n} a visage, front, appearance, boldness, surface
- face validity
- Face validity is a property of a test intended to measure something. The test is said to have face validity if it "looks like" it is going to measure what it is supposed to measure.[1] For instance, if you prepare a test to measure whether students can perform multiplication, and the people you show it to all agree that it looks like a good test of multiplication ability, you have shown the face validity of your test
- face to face
- involving close contact; confronting each other; "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"; "they spoke facel to face
- face to face
- in person (as opposed to by telephone, etc.)
- face to face talk
- discussion in which two people meet in person
- face-to-face
- a face-to-face meeting, conversation etc is one where you are with another person and talking to them
- face-to-face
- A course where the instructor and the students are present in the classroom (or at community sites such as high schools, community centers, etc ) The instructor may use multiple media, including videotapes, the Internet, etc , to deliver the course in person
- face-to-face
- Traditional class setting where all students meet synchronously
- face-to-face
- A face-to-face transaction is one at which the cardholder was present This is usually evidenced by the action of swiping a card through a terminal but may also be evidenced with a signed, imprinted draft (See "Imprinter ") Top of page
- face-to-face
- within each other's presence; "she met the president face-to-face"
- face-to-face
- directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table
- face-to-face
- in each other's presence; "a face-to-face encounter"
- met face to face
- conversed in person
