snowballnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsnəʊ.bɔːl/us/ˈsnoʊ.bɑːl/a ball of snow pressed together in the hands, especially for throwing
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Precipitation: snow & ice
- crevasse
- drift
- freeze
- frost
- frosty
- glacial
- glaciation
- hailstorm
- hoarfrost
- ice cap
- Jack Frost
- mogul
- moraine
- pack ice
- permafrost
- slushy
- snow line
- snowdrift
- snowfall
- snowflake
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Idiom(s)
not have a snowball's chance in hell
a snowball effect
snowballverb [ I ]
uk/ˈsnəʊ.bɔːl/us/ˈsnoʊ.bɑːl/If a plan, problem, idea, etc. snowballs, it quickly grows bigger and more important:
I suggested a few drinks after work, and the whole thing snowballed into a company party.
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Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- a snowball effect idiom
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fire idiom
- balloon
- bump
- dial
- growing
- heighten
- hot up
- increase
- pile
- rack
- scale sth up
- speed-up
- spurt
- step
- step sth up
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