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snow·ball
 snowball
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- pronunciation:
- sno
bawl
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a mass of snow that has been packed together into a ball for throwing in children's play or games.
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| definition 2: |
any of a number of shrubs or plants that have large clusters of white flowers.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
snowballs, snowballing, snowballed |
| definition: |
to pelt with snowballs.
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to grow in size, importance, or intensity at a rapidly increasing rate.
The crime problem has snowballed.- similar words:
- boom, mushroom
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| related words: |
augment, enlarge, expand, intensify, multiply |
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