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snowball definition
snow·ball (snō′bôl′)
noun
- a mass of snow packed together into a ball
- ☆ any of various plants with snowball-like flowers; esp., a cultivated European cranberry bush (Viburnum opulus var. roseum) with spherical clusters of sterile, white or pinkish flowers
intransitive verb
- to increase or accumulate rapidly and uncontrollably, like a ball of snow rolling downhill
- to throw snowballs
transitive verb
- to throw snowballs at
- to cause to increase or accumulate rapidly
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snowball Usage Examples
Object
- fight: Other memories include: Snowball fights in winter hiding behind giant snowballs.
Converse of object
- throw: She danced in the dress, she threw snowballs in the dress, she played with her son in the pool in her dress.
Adjective modifier
- dirty: However, all of this is coming from a dirty snowball the size of a city.
Modifies a noun
- sampling: Snowball sampling can be applied for two primary purposes.
Possessives
- chance: We held on to seats no hack gave us a snowball's chance in hell of holding.
Preposition: in
- hell: One might as well search for a snowball in hell.
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