Snowball

Definitions

1. A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.
2. A surname transferred from the nickname.
3. A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat.
4. A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
5. Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control).
   figuratively
6. A sex act involving passing ejaculated semen from one person's mouth to another's.
7. A type of ice dessert: a snow cone.
   US
8. A small cake, typically cream-filled and covered in chocolate icing and desiccated coconut.

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Examples

“Representatives of the small airlines that felt betrayed by Brown's policy started a political snowball rolling, resulting in the Airmail Act of 1934...”

“It didn't take⟳ long to eat⟳ a packetful of snowballs - they are simply delicious.”

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