Snowball
['snəʊbɔːl] or ['snobɔl]
Definition
(noun.) snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully).
(noun.) ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup.
(noun.) ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce.
(noun.) plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions.
(verb.) increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate.
(verb.) throw snowballs at.
Inputed by Cornelia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass.
(n.) The Guelder-rose.
(v. t.) To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
(v. i.) To throw snowballs.
Editor: Orville
Examples
- Her stealthy paws tread the very hall Where Snowball used to play, But she only spits at the dogs our pet So gallantly drove away. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I'll toss up a snowball and make him look out, and then say a kind word to him. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Want to have a snowball fight? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There is a pile of these arrears very soon, and it swells like a rolling snowball. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Well, it was wrong in the first place and such things accentuate disaster as a snowball rolls up wet snow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Want to make snowballs? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typed by Hiram