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snowball

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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.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.snowballsnowball - plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
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
Verb1.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] nbola de nieve
viir aumentándose
snowball [ˈsnəubɔːl] snow nboule f de neige
snowball [ˈsnəubɔːl] snow nSchneeball m
vi (fig) (problem) → eskalieren: (campaign) → ins Rollen kommen
snowball [ˈsnəubɔːl] npalla di neve

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Pegler, he turned this presumption, on the part of a woman in her dependent position, over and over in his mind, until it accumulated with turning like a great snowball.
He stopped at the foot, and picked up some, and then leaned against the railing, making a snowball.
He had been responsible, he and the great firm of which he was the head, for international finance conducted on the soundest principles, finance which scorned speculation, finance which rolled before it the great snowball of automatically accumulated wealth.
 
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