snowball
verb/ˈsnəʊbɔːl/
/ˈsnəʊbɔːl/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they snowball | /ˈsnəʊbɔːl/ /ˈsnəʊbɔːl/ |
| he / she / it snowballs | /ˈsnəʊbɔːlz/ /ˈsnəʊbɔːlz/ |
| past simple snowballed | /ˈsnəʊbɔːld/ /ˈsnəʊbɔːld/ |
| past participle snowballed | /ˈsnəʊbɔːld/ /ˈsnəʊbɔːld/ |
| -ing form snowballing | /ˈsnəʊbɔːlɪŋ/ /ˈsnəʊbɔːlɪŋ/ |
- if a problem, a plan, an activity, etc. snowballs, it quickly becomes much bigger, more serious, more important, etc.
- Opposition to the proposals has snowballed.
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