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snowball


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snowball  \Snow"ball`\,  n. 
  1.  A  round  mass  of  snow  pressed  or  roller  together,  or 
  anything  resembling  such  a  mass. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  The  Guelder-rose. 
 
  {Snowball  tree}  (Bot.),  the  Guelder-rose. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snowball  \Snow"ball`\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Snowballed};  p.  pr 
  &  vb  n.  {Snowballing}.] 
  To  pelt  with  snowballs;  to  throw  snowballs  at 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snowball  \Snow"ball`\,  v.  i. 
  To  throw  snowballs. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  snowball 
  n  1:  plant  having  heads  of  fragrant  white  trumpet-shaped  flowers; 
  grows  in  sandy  arid  regions  [syn:  {sweet  sand  verbena}, 
  {Abronia  elliptica}] 
  2:  ball  of  ice  cream  covered  with  coconut  and  usually  chocolate 
  sauce 
  3:  ball  of  crushed  ice  with  fruit  syrup 
  4:  snow  pressed  into  a  ball  for  throwing  (playfully) 
  v  1:  increase  or  accumulate  at  a  rapidly  accelerating  rate 
  2:  throw  snowballs  at 
  3:  increase  at  a  rapidly  accelerating  rate 




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