snowballing

noun

snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)

ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup

ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce

plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers

verb

throw snowballs at

increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate

Roots

snawsnow- · Old English · snow ballr-ball · Old Norse · round object

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The word snowballing breaks down into 2 roots of Old English and Old Norse origin: snow-, from Old English snaw (“snow”); and -ball, from Old Norse ballr (“round object”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.