snowball
/ˈsnoʊˌbɔl/
noun
- A ball of snow pressed together, often used in play or fights.
- A snowball hit the window and left a wet mark.
- He packed a tight snowball and aimed it at his brother.
- The kids threw a snowball at the fence for fun.
- Something that grows rapidly in size, influence, or importance, like a snowball rolling downhill.
- The protest started small but grew into a snowball of public support.
- The company's debt turned into a snowball that was hard to stop.
- The rumor became a snowball of gossip that spread through the school.
verb
- To grow or increase rapidly in size, amount, or intensity.
- Sales snowballed after the product went viral online.
- The argument snowballed into a major fight between the two friends.
- The problem snowballed when more people got involved.
- To throw snowballs at someone.
- We used to snowball passing cars when we were kids.
- The children snowballed each other in the backyard.
- They snowballed the teacher after the last day of school.
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