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snow·ball
 snowball
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- pronunciation:
- sno
bawl
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
part of speech: |
noun |
definition: |
a mass of snow that has been packed together into a ball. Snowballs are used for play or games.
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part of speech: |
verb |
inflections: |
snowballs, snowballing, snowballed |
definition: |
to grow rapidly in size, importance, or intensity.
The crime problem has snowballed.- similar words:
- boom, mushroom
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related words: |
enlarge, expand, intensify, multiply |
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