SNOWBALL

Snowball

A snowball is a spherical object made from snow, usually created by scooping snow with the hands, and compacting it into a roughly fist-sized ball. The snowball is often used to engage in games, such as snowball fights. Snowball fights are usually light-hearted and involve throwing snowballs at one's friends or family. The pressure exerted by the hands on the snow is a determinant for the final result. Reduced pressure leads to a light and soft snowball. Compacting humid or "packy" snow, by applying a high pressure produces a harder snowball or iceball, which eventually can be considered harmful during a snowball fight.

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snowball

Noun

  1. A 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.
  2. A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat.
  3. Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control).
  4. A sex act involving passing ejaculated semen from one person's mouth to another's.
  5. A type of ice dessert.
  6. A type of cake.

Verb

  1. To rapidly grow out of proportion or control.
    The high unemployment rates quickly snowballed into a major budget problem for the government.
  2. To play at throwing snowballs.
  3. To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
  4. (sexual slang) To receive a man's ejaculate in one's mouth, and then to pass it back and forth between one's mouth and his.


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