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snowballing

snowballing noun: the act or practice of making and throwing snowballs. Also the present participle and gerund of snowball.

Noun

snowballing (countable and uncountable, plural snowballings)

  1. The act or practice of making and throwing snowballs.
  2. (figuratively) A situation which rapidly gets out of control.

Also used as

snowballing is also the present participle and gerund of snowball.

Forms of snowballing

pluralsnowballings

Questions about snowballing

What does snowballing mean?
Snowballing means the act or practice of making and throwing snowballs.
What part of speech is snowballing?
Snowballing is a noun.
What is the plural of snowballing?
The plural of snowballing is snowballings.

Words near snowballing in the dictionary

  1. snowball's chance in heck
  2. snowball's chance in hell
  3. snowballed
  4. snowballer
  5. snowballers
  6. snowballing
  7. snowballings
  8. snowballs
  9. snowballs in hell
  10. snowbank
  11. snowbanks

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