snowball
A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fightA ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.
» Tom threw a snowball at Mary.
Tom warf mit einem Schneeball nach Maria.
Том кинул в Мэри снежком.
Том бросил в Мэри снежок.
Meaning
6 sensesA ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.
Schneeball
снежо́кsnežók, сне́жный комsnéžnyj kom
сні́жкаsnížka
A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat.
снежо́кsnežók
сні́жкаsnížka
(figuratively)Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control).
A sex act involving passing ejaculated semen from one person's mouth to another's.
(US)A type of ice dessert: a snow cone.
A small cake, typically cream-filled and covered in chocolate icing and desiccated coconut.
It didn't take long to eat a packetful of snowballs — they are simply delicious.
ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce
Examples
55 sentencesTom threw a snowball at Mary.
ruТом кинул в Мэри снежком. — marafon
deTom warf mit einem Schneeball nach Maria. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Students were throwing snowballs at each other.
Tom and Mary threw snowballs at me.
Why don't we have a snowball fight?
deLaßt uns doch eine Schneeballschlacht machen! — Waldelfe
Tom and I threw snowballs at each other.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English snoweball, snoweballe, snaweballe, snayballe, equivalent to snow + balFrom Middle English snoweball, snoweballe, snaweballe, snayballe, equivalent to snow + ball. Cognate with Scots snawbaw, German Schneeball, Luxembourgish Schnéiball, Dutch sneeuwbal, Afrikaans sneeubal, Limburgish snieëbal, West Frisian sniebal, Saterland Frisian Sneebaal, Sneebal, Swedish snöboll, Elfdalian sniųoboll, Danish snebold, Norwegian Bokmål snøball, Norwegian Nynorsk snøball and Icelandic snjóbolti.
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Forms
plural: snowballsSynonyms
2 synonyms- plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions:sweet sand verbenaAbronia elliptica
Word family
16 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- threw snowballs at
- snowballs at each
- threw snowballs