Pronunciation: /snoʊbɔl/
noun a round mass of snow pressed or rolled together
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
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.
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.
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