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[ snoh-man ] / ˈsnoʊˌmæn /
noun, plural snow·men.a figure of a person made of packed snow. Slang. - the numeral eight: They retired Ripken’s number in 2001, so no Oriole will again wear that snowman on his back.
- Golf. a score of eight strokes on any individual hole: I blew it on the ninth hole—still can’t believe I made the dreaded snowman.
Origin of snowmanFirst recorded in 1820–30; snow + man Words nearby snowmansnow leopard, snow lily, snow line, snowmaker, snowmaking, snowman, Snowmass Mountain, snowmelt, snowmobile, snow mold, snow-on-the-mountain Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for snowmanWho is Parson Brown, and why are these people making a snowman that looks like him? The Most Confusing Christmas Music Lyrics Explained (VIDEO)|Kevin Fallon|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST The narrator is suggesting that they build a snowman that looks like a minister. The Most Confusing Christmas Music Lyrics Explained (VIDEO)|Kevin Fallon|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST The dissolution of their relationship plays out in the achingly poignant duet "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ‘Frozen’ Is the Best Disney Film Since ‘The Lion King’|Kevin Fallon|November 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST Trapped inside every snowman is a little boy just waiting to get out. Coca –Cola, M&M’s, & More Classic Holiday Commercials (VIDEO)|Brittany Jones-Cooper|December 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Just as a snowman made by children melts in the warm sun of March, so the fierce old North Wind began to thaw! American Indian Fairy Tales|Anonymous It was getting dark, and at a little distance the snowman looked as natural as life. The Jumble Book|David Cory As Mun Bun had first announced, he looked like a snowman, only his face was grayish-black. Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's|Laura Lee Hope I'll bet you a plugged credit that if you had opened that door you'd have been frozen stiffer than a snowman on Pluto. The Revolt on Venus|Carey Rockwell "And I sent him away from our snowman on the same account," sighed Janet. The Curlytops and Their Playmates|Howard R. Garis
British Dictionary definitions for snowman
noun plural -mena figure resembling a man, made of packed snow Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |