face-off

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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

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)

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	face-off - a hostile disagreement face-to-face showdown, confrontation, encounter disagreement - 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 players commencement, 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

Translations

face-off [ˈfeɪsɒf] N → confrontación f

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Taggart star Alex Norton, right, who plays DI Burke in the Glasgow-based show, says his face-off with Edinburgh's Ken Stott is the biggest east/west clash since the Cold War.

'TECS APPEAL; REBUS AND TAGGART STARS JOIN FORCES FOR CHILDREN IN NEED by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

Summary: Football enthusiasts in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region have a rare treat in store for them when Al Ittihad, the highly popular Premier League champions of Saudi Arabian football, face-off against European giants Real Madrid at 20.

Peace Cup 2009 live exclusively on ART Prime Sport by Albawaba.com

BLAZE have abandoned plans to move their regular Sunday face-off time following an outcry from fans.

Ice Hockey: Thompson ready for a shake-up; This form is not ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

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