snowball
IPA: snˈoʊbɔɫ
noun
- 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 small cake, typically cream-filled and covered in chocolate icing and desiccated coconut.
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
verb
- (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, slang) To receive ejaculated semen in one's mouth, and to then pass it back and forth between one’s mouth and another person’s mouth.
adjective
- Of something with rapid growth, often uncontrolled. Compare snowball effect.
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Examples of "snowball" in Sentences
- Kids made several snowballs.
- He got injured by a snowball.
- Someone threw a snowball at me.
- How many snowballs do you have
- Let's keep the snowball rolling.
- The snowball has left the building.
- The snowball hits Pingu on the head.
- Kids are having fun with making snowballs.
- The snowball narrowly misses as the Seagull takes off.
- Every problem was conveniently explained as the subversive act of Snowball.
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