snowball

noun

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.

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

A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat.

(US) A type of ice dessert: a snow cone.

A small cake, typically cream-filled and covered in chocolate icing and desiccated coconut.

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

A surname transferred from the nickname.

verb

(intransitive) To rapidly grow out of proportion or control, from an initially smaller state.

(intransitive) To play at throwing snowballs.

(transitive) To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.

(slang, sex, vulgar, intransitive) To receive ejaculated semen in one's mouth, and to then pass it back and forth between one’s mouth and another person’s mouth.

adjective

Of something with rapid growth, often uncontrolled. Compare snowball effect.

Roots

snow-snow · Old English snaw -ballround object · Old Norse ballr

Synonyms for snowball

snowmann snown snowflaken snowdriftn snowfalln slushn snowstormn blizzardn igloon

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