Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun snowball

4 senses of snowball

Sense 1
snowball, sweet sand verbena, Abronia elliptica -- (plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions)
       => sand verbena -- (any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena)

Sense 2
snowball -- (ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce)
       => frozen dessert -- (any of various desserts prepared by freezing)

Sense 3
snowball -- (ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup)
       => frozen dessert -- (any of various desserts prepared by freezing)

Sense 4
snowball -- (snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully))
       => ball -- (a spherical object used as a plaything; "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb snowball

2 senses of snowball

Sense 1
snowball -- (increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate)
       => increase -- (become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased")

Sense 2
snowball -- (throw snowballs at)
       => pelt, bombard -- (cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs")