1. Snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)
   "The children had a snowball fight in the backyard"
    
2. Ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup
   "The children enjoyed colourful snowballs from the street vendor"
    
3. Ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce
   "The bakery's speciality was a coconut snowball with dark chocolate drizzle"
    
4. Plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
   "The snowball flowers bloomed in the desert landscape";
   - sweet sand verbena, Abronia elliptica
    
5. A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat
   "She ordered a snowball at the holiday party"

1. Increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate
   "The rumours snowballed until they were out of control"
    
2. Throw snowballs at
   "The children snowballed each other during recess"

Derived forms: snowballed, snowballing, snowballs

Type of: ball, bombard, cocktail, frozen dessert, increase, pelt, sand verbena

Encyclopedia: Snowball, The