facefirst

English

Alternative forms

• face-first

Etymology

From face +‎ first.

Adverb

facefirst (not comparable)

1. Violently forward, with one's face foremost.
   • 2007 January 28, Matt Higgins, “Hoping That X Games Can Turn White Into Green”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Fejes was thrown facefirst to the snow and remained down for several minutes but walked off the course on his own.