SNOWBALL

snowball

(noun) snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)

snowball

(noun) ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup

snowball

(noun) ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce

snowball, sweet sand verbena, Abronia elliptica

(noun) plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions

snowball

(verb) increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate

snowball

(verb) throw snowballs at

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

snowball (plural snowballs)

A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.

A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat.

(figuratively) Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control).

A sex act involving passing ejaculated semen from one person's mouth to another's.

(US) A type of ice dessert.

A type of cake.

Verb

snowball (third-person singular simple present snowballs, present participle snowballing, simple past and past participle snowballed)

(intransitive) To rapidly grow out of proportion or control.

(intransitive) To play at throwing snowballs.

(transitive) To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.

(intransitive) (sexual slang) To receive a man's ejaculate in one's mouth, and then to pass it back and forth between one's mouth and his.

Proper noun

Snowball

A surname.

Source: Wiktionary


Snow"ball`, n.

1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: The Guelder-rose. Snowball tree (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.

Snow"ball`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snowballed; p. pr. & vb. n. Snowballing.]

Definition: To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.

Snow"ball`, v. i.

Definition: To throw snowballs.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.

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