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Snowball (Verb)

Meaning 1

Throw snowballs at.

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • The children went outside to throw snowballs at each other during the winter break.
  • The group of teens started to throw snowballs at the parked cars, but quickly stopped when the police arrived.
  • Kids in the neighborhood love to throw snowballs at the snowman they built together.
  • During recess, the students decided to throw snowballs at their teacher as a prank.
  • The siblings went to the backyard to throw snowballs at a target they made out of old boxes.

Hypernyms

  • Bombard

Related Words

  • Snowball (noun)

Meaning 2

Increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate.

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Examples

  • The company's debt snowballed over the years due to poor financial management and stagnant growth.
  • The politician's scandal snowballed into a national controversy after new evidence emerged.
  • As I continued to procrastinate, my homework assignments began to snowball, and I found it increasingly difficult to catch up.
  • The small investment snowballed into a fortune due to shrewd decision-making and market trends.
  • Once the first customers complained, negative reviews began to snowball, severely damaging the restaurant's reputation.
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