Found 2 items, similar to Snowball.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: snowball
snowball
n 1: plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers;
grows in sandy arid regions [syn:
sweet sand verbena,
Abronia elliptica]
2: ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate
sauce
3: ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup
4: snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)
v 1: increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate
2: throw snowballs at
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Snowball
Snowball
\Snow"ball`\, n.
1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or
anything resembling such a mass.
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2. (Bot.) The Guelder-rose.
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3. (Bot.) a shrub of the genus
Viburnum, having large
clusters of white flowers.
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Snowball bush or
Snowball tree (Bot.), the
Guelder-rose.
a snowball's chance in hell, [Colloq.] no chance; an
infinitesimal chance.
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Snowball
\Snow"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Snowballed; p. pr.
& vb. n.
Snowballing.]
To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
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Snowball
\Snow"ball`\, v. i.
1. To throw snowballs.
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2. To increase in magnitude at an accelerating rate,
achieving large proportions; -- by analogy with a snowball
rolling down a steep hill, causing a large snow slide.
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