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Raresnowball
The correct spelling is snowball.
How to pronounce snowball
/ˈsnoʊbɑl/
nounIPA: /ˈsnoʊbɑl/
Say it like: Sno-wba-ll
The correct spelling is snowball. 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… For example: "The high unemployment rates quickly snowballed into a major budget problem for the government."
Usage Examples
“The high unemployment rates quickly snowballed into a major budget problem for the government.”
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- 5.A type of ice dessert.
verb
- 1.To rapidly grow out of proportion or control.
- 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.
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