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FACE-OFF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("face-off" is a kind of...):
beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)
Domain category:
hockey; hockey game; ice hockey (a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks)
Holonyms ("face-off" is a part of...):
hockey; hockey game; ice hockey (a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks)
Derivation:
face off (start a game by a face-off)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A hostile disagreement face-to-face
Synonyms:
confrontation; encounter; face-off; showdown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("face-off" is a kind of...):
disagreement (the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing)
