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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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