- [countable] a ball that you make out of snow to throw at somebody/something in a game
- a snowball fight
- Children were throwing snowballs at the passing traffic.
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- [singular] (often used as an adjective) a situation that develops more and more quickly as it continues
- All this publicity has had a snowball effect on the sales of their latest album.
- [countable] a drink that is a mixture of lemonade and a liqueur (= a strong, sweet alcoholic drink) made with eggs
Idioms
See snowball in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarynot have a snowball’s chance in hell
- (informal) to have no chance at all
- There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that I'll wear that thing!
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