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| snow·ball [ snṓ bàwl ] |
noun (plural snow·balls) |
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1. ball of snow: a ball of compacted snow that is thrown, especially by children
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2. U.S. frozen snack: a frozen snack made from crushed ice and colored, flavored syrup
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle snow·balled, present participle snow·ball·ing, 3rd person present singular snow·balls) |
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1. increase rapidly: to increase rapidly or at an accelerating rate, or to cause something to do this
  The scandal snowballed to include reports of other illegal activities.
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2. throw snowballs: to throw snowballs at each other or at somebody else
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not have a snowball's chance (in hell) to have no chance at all (informal)
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