Pronunciation: /snoʊbɔl/

Definitions of snowball

noun a round mass of snow pressed or rolled together

Example Sentences

A1 I made a snowball and threw it at my friend.

A2 The children rolled the snowball down the hill to make a snowman.

B1 The snowball fight escalated quickly, with everyone joining in.

B2 The snowball effect of the new policy led to increased productivity in the company.

C1 The political scandal began to snowball, eventually leading to the resignation of the prime minister.

C2 The media's coverage of the scandal caused the issue to snowball into a national crisis.

verb to increase rapidly in size or significance

Example Sentences

A1 I snowball fight with my friends in winter.

A2 The snowball rolled down the hill and got bigger.

B1 She tried to snowball her argument by bringing up irrelevant points.

B2 The rumor began to snowball and spread quickly throughout the office.

C1 The company's financial problems began to snowball as more investors pulled out.

C2 The political scandal continued to snowball, leading to the resignation of several high-ranking officials.

Examples of snowball in a Sentence

formal The children enjoyed rolling a snowball down the hill.

informal We had a blast throwing snowballs at each other during the snowball fight.

slang Let's go out and have a snowball fight, it'll be so much fun!

figurative The rumor started as a small snowball but quickly grew into a huge avalanche of gossip.

Grammatical Forms of snowball

past tense

snowballed

plural

snowballs

comparative

more snowball

superlative

most snowball

present tense

snowball

future tense

will snowball

perfect tense

have snowballed

continuous tense

is snowballing

singular

snowball

positive degree

snowball

infinitive

to snowball

gerund

snowballing

participle

snowballed

Origin and Evolution of snowball

First Known Use: 1601 year
Language of Origin: Old English
Story behind the word: The word 'snowball' originated from the Old English word 'snaweball' which was a combination of 'snaw' meaning snow and 'ball' referring to a round object.
Evolution of the word: The word 'snowball' has retained its original meaning of a ball made of snow, but it has also evolved to be used metaphorically to describe a situation that grows rapidly in size or significance, similar to a snowball rolling down a hill and accumulating more snow.