Definition of Face-off

1. Noun. A hostile disagreement face-to-face.

Exact synonyms: Confrontation, Encounter, Showdown
Generic synonyms: Disagreement
Derivative terms: Confront, Confrontational

2. Noun. (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players.
Generic synonyms: Beginning, Commencement, Start
Group relationships: Hockey, Hockey Game, Ice Hockey
Category relationships: Hockey, Hockey Game, Ice Hockey
Derivative terms: Face Off

Definition of Face-off

1. Noun. A confrontation or argument between two people or groups ¹

2. Noun. (ice hockey) The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Face-off

facade
facade pattern
facade patterns
facadectomies
facadectomy
facades
face
face-ache
face-amount certificate company
face-bow
face-bow fork
face-bow record
face-down
face-harden
face-lift
face-off (current term)
face-offs
face-plant
face-planted
face-planting
face-plants
face-saving
face-to-face
face-up
face-value
face angle
face blindness
face card
face cards
face cloth

Literary usage of Face-off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Locomotive Up to Date by Charles McShane (1920)
"If a solid bull ring, chuck and face off one side, reverse in chuck and face off to ... Chuck and face off true, turn off outside 1/32" smaller than the ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1865)
"Face off, 86072-892 Pendulum No. 4, Face on, 86171-870 „ „ .„ Face off, 86172-297 Finally, we give an example of one experiment, with the mode of its ..."

3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"One way to face off the disk is by means of a diamond or sapphire tool after placing the carbon in the chuck of a small and very accurate lathe. ..."

4. Practical Pattern Making by Frank Wilson Barrows (1913)
"After this first course has been glued to the face-plate and the glue has dried, take it to the lathe and face off level, then turn circumference of ring ..."

5. One Thousand Pointers for Machinists & Engineers by Charles McShane (1897)
"If for double nozzle, put a center in each end and face off each end in lathe, making right length. If for single nozzle, clamp on boring mill, ..."

6. Receipts and Remedies: Useful Hints for Everyone on Health, Beauty, Clothing by Louis Andrew Flemming (1908)
"Wipe the face off gently and put on a light layer of this pomade : Glycerite of starch, fifty grams; zinc oxide, five grams ; tincture of benzoin, ..."

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