facefirst

Violently forward, with one's face foremost.

Adverb

  1. Violently forward, with one's face foremost.
    • Fejes was thrown facefirst to the snow and remained down for several minutes but walked off the course on his own. - 2007 January 28, Matt Higgins, “Hoping That X Games Can Turn White Into Green”, in New York Times:

Origin

From face + first.

Forms

face-first