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English Dictionary: snowball by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snowball
n
  1. plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
    Synonym(s): snowball, sweet sand verbena, Abronia elliptica
  2. ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce
  3. ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup
  4. snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)
v
  1. increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate
  2. throw snowballs at
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snowball \Snow"ball`\, n.
      1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or
            anything resembling such a mass.
  
      2. (Bot.) The Guelder-rose.
  
      {Snowball tree} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snowball \Snow"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snowballed}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Snowballing}.]
      To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snowball \Snow"ball`\, v. i.
      To throw snowballs.
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