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Meaning of snowball

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

snowball

Pronunciation:/ˈsnoʊbɑl//ˈsnəʊbɔːl//ˈsnoʊbɔl/

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat.

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

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

verb

Definitions

  1. To rapidly grow out of proportion or control.

    Example: The high unemployment rates quickly snowballed into a major budget problem for the government.

  2. To play at throwing snowballs.

  3. To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.

  4. (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.