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Noun: face-off  feys óf
  1. A hostile disagreement face-to-face
    "The two rivals had a face-off in the boardroom over the company's future direction";
    - confrontation, encounter, showdown, smackdown [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players
    "The centre won the face-off, giving his team immediate possession"
Verb: face off
  1. Confront or compete directly with an opponent
    "The two teams faced off in the championship game"
     
  2. (hockey) start a game by a face-off between two opposing players
    "The centres faced off to begin the hockey match";
    - bully off

Derived forms: face-offs, facing off, faces off, faced off

Type of: beginning, commencement, disagreement, play, start

Part of: hockey, hockey game, ice hockey

Encyclopedia: Face-off

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