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Definition of Snowball
1. Noun. Plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions.
2. Verb. Increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate.
3. Noun. Ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce.
4. Verb. Throw snowballs at.
5. Noun. Ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup.
6. Noun. Snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully).
Definition of Snowball
1. n. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass.
2. v. t. To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
3. v. i. To throw snowballs.
Definition of Snowball
1. 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. ¹
2. Noun. A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat. ¹
3. Noun. (figuratively) Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control). ¹
4. Noun. A sex act involving passing ejaculated semen from one person's mouth to another's. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To rapidly grow out of proportion or control. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To play at throwing snowballs. ¹
7. Verb. (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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snowball
1. to increase at a rapidly accelerating rate [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Snowball
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1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Snowball
Literary usage of Snowball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Woman's Book: Dealing Practically with the Modern Conditions of Home (1894)
"The leaves are a dark, rich green, and the great white snowball flowers hang on
... In fact, the Japanese snowball ( Viburnum plicatum) has more than once ..."
2. Jock of the Bushveld by Percy Fitzpatrick (1907)
"snowball was an ' old soldier'—I say it with all respect! ... For snowball was
a horse. Tsetse was also an old soldier, but he was what you might call a ..."
3. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell (1996)
"The cows declared unanimously that snowball crept into their stalls and milked
them in their sleep. The rats, which had been troublesome that winter, ..."
4. Modern Science and the Illusions of Professor Bergson by Hugh Samuel Roger Elliot (1912)
"Now, here, Bergson has started with the idea of a snowball rolling along a road
... For ' snowball' he substitutes 'personality'; for 'snow' he substitutes ..."
5. Live Language Lessons by Howard Roscoe Driggs (1915)
"42 A snowball GAME Choose up sides for this snowball battle. ... Captain A may
begin by saying quickly, for example: "I threw a snowball at R." R must ..."
6. Classes for Gifted Children: An Experimental Study of Methods of Selection by Guy Montrose Whipple (1919)
"Drawing a Church and a snowball Fight. The pupils in the Special Class were given 20
... On another day they were given 20 minutes to draw a snowball fight. ..."
7. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: With Notes and by Great Britain Court of Chancery (1850)
"snowball v. PROCTER. Testator, by his will, directed that thu profits of his
share of a leasehold colliery should, during the time that the same was worked ..."
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