snowball

snow·ball  (snbôl)

n.

1.

a. A mass of soft, wet snow packed into a ball that can be thrown, as in play.

b. Chiefly Southern U.S. A cup of crushed or shaved ice flavored with colored syrup.

2. Any of several plants having rounded clusters of white flowers, as the guelder rose and certain species of the arrowwood.

v. snow·balled, snow·ball·ing, snow·balls

v.intr.

1. To grow rapidly in significance, importance, or size: problems that snowballed by the hour.

2. To throw snowballs.

v.tr.

1. To cause to grow or increase rapidly.

2. To throw snowballs at.

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snowball

Noun

snow pressed into a ball for throwing

Verb

1. to increase rapidly in size or importance: production snowballed between 1950 and 1970

2. to throw snowballs at

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	snowball - plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions Abronia elliptica, sweet sand verbena sand verbena - any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena
	2.	snowball - ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce frozen dessert - any of various desserts prepared by freezing
	3.	snowball - ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup frozen dessert - any of various desserts prepared by freezing
	4.	snowball - snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) ball - a spherical object used as a plaything; "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub" snow - a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
Verb	1.	snowball - increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"
	2.	snowball - throw snowballs at bombard, pelt - cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs"

Translations

snowball [ˈsnəubɔːl] n → bola de nieve

vi → ir aumentándose

snowball [ˈsnəubɔːl] snow n → boule f de neige

snowball [ˈsnəubɔːl] snow n → Schneeball m

vi (fig) (problem) → eskalieren: (campaign) → ins Rollen kommen

snowball [ˈsnəubɔːl] n → palla di neve