See faceplant on Wiktionary
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to land face first",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "se péter la gueule"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "mūkkuṅkutti vīḻuka",
"sense": "to land face first",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "മൂക്കുംകുത്തി വീഴുക"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "licom",
"sense": "to land face first",
"word": "па́дать лицом вниз"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vpečatatʹsja licom",
"sense": "to land face first",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "впечататься лицом"
}
],
"word": "faceplant"
}
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"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": vniz vs. padénije",
"path": [
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "faceplant",
"trace": ""
}
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "faceplant",
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}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": vniz vs. pádatʹ",
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "faceplant",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": pádatʹ vs. licom",
"path": [
"faceplant"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "faceplant",
"trace": ""
}
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