Snowball /(?)/

Snow·ball

Snowball

n.
  1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass.
  2. The Guelder-rose. (Bot.)
  3. a shrub of the genus Viburnum, having large clusters of white flowers. (Bot.)

Phrases & Compounds

Snowball bush
the Guelder-rose.
a snowball's chance in hell
no chance; an infinitesimal chance.

Snowball

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Snowballed; p. pr. & vb. n. Snowballing

  1. To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.

Snowball

v. i.
  1. To throw snowballs.
  2. To increase in magnitude at an accelerating rate, achieving large proportions; -- by analogy with a snowball rolling down a steep hill, causing a large snow slide.