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snowball (iou)



snowball noun & verb. ME.
[from SNOW noun1 + BALL noun1.]
A. noun.
A ball of snow pressed together, esp. used for throwing in play. ME.
not a snowball's chance (in hell) colloq. no chance at all.
b. A scheme, organization, etc., which grows or increases rapidly like a snowball rolled on snow. E17.
Arab Times It could result in a snowball of Arab investment in Shepway.
c. In bingo etc.: a cash prize which accumulates through successive games. M20.
a. A cake or dish intended to resemble a ball of snow in appearance. M18.
b. A cocktail usu. containing advocaat and lemonade. M20.
c. An ice-cream; a confection made of crushed ice covered in syrup. US & W. Indies. M20.
A black person. slang. joc. or derog. L18.
Any of various plants bearing rounded clusters of white flowers etc.; esp. (more fully snowball bush, snowball tree) a cultivated form of the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus var. roseum, bearing round-topped cymes consisting entirely of large sterile flowers. L18.
b. verb.
verb intrans. Form balls or masses of snow. Now rare or obsolete. L17.
verb trans.
a. Throw a snowball at (a person); pelt with snowballs. M19.
b. verb intrans. Throw snowballs. M19.
verb intrans. & trans. (Cause to) grow or increase rapidly like a snowball rolled on snow. E20.
New York Times A single assault case had snowballed into at least 26 different incidents.