face-off

face-off (fsôf, -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).

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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)

Thesaurus

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