"faceoff" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "face + off",
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      "derived": [
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          "word": "faceoff spot"
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        "The method used to begin play in ice hockey."
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        "(ice hockey) The method used to begin play in ice hockey."
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bula",
          "sense": "hockey",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "була"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hockey",
          "word": "aloitus"
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          "roman": "vbrasyvanije",
          "sense": "hockey",
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          "word": "вбрасывание"
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          "sense": "hockey",
          "word": "tekning"
        }
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        "faceoff"
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  "word": "faceoff"
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        "(ice hockey) The method used to begin play in ice hockey."
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