face-off (f s ôf , - f)n. 1. A method of starting play in ice hockey, lacrosse, and other games in which an official drops the puck or ball between two opposing players who contend for its control. 2. A confrontation: "Marshall's face-off with Jefferson in Marbury v. Madison in 1803" (Newsweek). |
face-off
n
1. (Team Sports / Hockey (Field & Ice)) Ice hockey the method of starting a game, in which the referee drops the puck, etc. between two opposing players
2. a confrontation
vb face off (adverb)
(Team Sports / Hockey (Field & Ice)) to start play by (a face-off)
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| Noun | 1. |  face-off - a hostile disagreement face-to-facedisagreement - the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing |
| 2. |  face-off - (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing playerscommencement, start, beginning - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" hockey game, ice hockey, 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 sticks |
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