snowball

Definitions


[ˈsnəʊbɔːl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a ball of packed snow, especially one made for throwing at other people for fun
(e.g: they pelted him with snowballs)

- a cocktail containing advocaat and lemonade

- a dessert resembling a ball of snow, especially one containing or covered in ice cream


Phrases:
- a snowball's chance in hell

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[ˈsnəʊbɔːl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- throw snowballs at
(e.g: I made sure the other kids stopped snowballing Celia)

- increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance
(e.g: the campaign was snowballing)


Phrases:
- a snowball's chance in hell

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