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.
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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.