snowball
//ˈsnoʊˌbɔːl//
Noun
snowballSingular
snowballsPlural
1
A ball of packed snow, typically made for throwing in play.
The children made snowballs and threw them at each other.
2
Something that increases rapidly in size, intensity, or importance.
The project started small but became a snowball of success.
Verb
snowballInfinitive
snowballPresent tense
snowballedPast tense
snowballedPast participle
snowballingPresent participle
snowballsThird-person singular
1
To throw snowballs at someone or something.
The children snowballed each other in the park.
2
To increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance; to escalate.
The small problem snowballed into a major crisis.