shirtfront
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Is shirtfront a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (cricket) A pitch that is easy to bat on.
2. (Australian rules football) A head-on charge aimed at bumping an opponent to the ground.
3. (real estate, slang) An attractive facade applied only to the front of a house.Examples: "It is explained that a "shirt front" building is one of which only the street elevation is given a finished architectural treatment, the sides and back being of cheaper material, with no attempt at unification with the front."; "False fronts, frequently called "shirt fronts," are futile attempts to make a small, cheap house pass for something larger and more valuable."slang
verb (English)
1. (transitive, Australia, politics) To confront in a threatening manner.Examples: "This was a case of a deputy shirtfronting her leader with an ultimatum and forcing a decision that would come close to wrecking the government's environmental credibility."; "Pravda has described Tony Abbott as “a disturbed mind crying out for therapy”: after his threat to “shirtfront” the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in Brisbane."Australiatransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary