snowball

Определение snowball в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control)
Representatives of the small airlines that felt betrayed by Brown's policy started a political snowball rolling, resulting in the Airmail Act of 1934.; To receive a man's ejaculate in one's mouth, and then to pass it back and forth between one's mouth and his; To play at throwing snowballs; A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat; To rapidly grow out of proportion or control
The high unemployment rates quickly snowballed into a major budget problem for the government.; 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; {n} a lump of snow, a plant; a mix of cocaine and heroin; a brand of teacake made by Tunnocks; increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate; throw snowballs at; To throw snowballs; A snowball is a ball of snow. Children often throw snowballs at each other; {f} grow larger at an accelerating rate; throw balls of snow; snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate; snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully); To receive a mans ejaculate in ones mouth, and then to pass it back and forth between ones mouth and his; The Guelder-rose; ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce; If something such as a project or campaign snowballs, it rapidly increases and grows. From those early days the business has snowballed. a main character in Animal Farm, a satire on the Soviet Union by George Orwell. Snowball is a pig who helps the animals to drive out the cruel farmer who owns them. But he is then chased away by another pig, Napoleon. Snowball represents Leon Trotsky, who was forced to leave the Soviet Union by Joseph Stalin. if a plan, problem, business etc snowballs, it grows bigger at a faster and faster rate; ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup; plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions; To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at; A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass; {i} ball made of snow that has been packed or rolled together; any of a number of bushes bearing large white clusters of flowers; crushed ice flavored with syrup and served in a cup
snowball effect: An accelerating growth of magnitude, including fame, fortune, importance, or danger
The success of these women has had the snowball effect of bringing more and more women into the sport over the past few years.
snowball fight: A scuffle or play fight whose object is to hit unallied participants with snowballs
snowball fights: plural form of snowball fight
snowball's chance: An abbreviated form of snowball's chance in hell
snowball's chance in hell: Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success
That small boat has a snowball’s chance in hell of surviving the hurricane.
snowball effect: Snowball effect is a figurative term for a process that starts from an initial state of small significance and builds upon itself, becoming larger (graver, more serious), and perhaps potentially dangerous or disastrous (a vicious circle, a "spiral of decline"), though it might be beneficial instead (a virtuous circle)
snowball rumors: creation of rumors, producing of gossip
snowballed: past of snowball
snowballing: present participle of snowball
snowballs: plural of snowball