face-off

Noun
  1. A hostile disagreement face-to-face (synset 107195703)
    is a type of: disagreement - the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing
    same as: confrontation, encounter, showdown
  2. (ice hockey) the method of starting play;
    A referee drops the puck between two opposing players (synset 100239891)
    referred to in: hockey, hockey game, ice 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 hockey sticks
    is a type of: beginning, commencement, start - the act of starting something
    is a part of: hockey, hockey game, ice 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 hockey sticks

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