snowman
/ˈsnəʊ.mæn//ˈsnoʊ.mæn/
snowman noun: a humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).
Noun
snowman (plural snowmen)
- A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).
- A score of eight, especially within one inning (in baseball) or on one hole (in golf, where it is also known as dogballs).
- [The Angels] dropped a snowman early on us [Saturday] and we built a snowman early too.1996 June 3, Buster Olney, “Chat with Sparky helps 'useless' Johnson Dejected O's manager gets lift from ex-Tigers boss”, in The Baltimore Sun (quoting B. J. Surhoff)
- "Then they dropped a snowman (8) on us and did it pretty quick," Narron said. "Then Stone had to stay out there and suck it up for us […]"2005 June 26, Dayton Daily News, page 44
- A playing card with the rank of eight.
- An attractive but heartless man.
- A few years ago there lived a lover
By the name of Jimmy Jones
Who really snowed the girls and left them cold
And gained the title of "The Great Snowman".1961, John D. Loudermilk, “The Great Snowman”
- A few years ago there lived a lover
snowman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
snowman in Hindi
- हिममानव, स्नोमैन, बर्फ़मान
snowman in Tamil
- பனிமனிதன்
snowman in Marathi
- हिममानव, स्नोमन, स्नोमॅन
snowman in Bengali
- তুষারমানব, স্নোম্যান, তুষারমানুষ
More languagesFewer languages
- snowman in Telugu
- స్నోమ్యాన్
- snowman in Malayalam
- മഞ്ഞുമനുഷ്യൻ, സ്നോമാൻ
- snowman in Kannada
- ಹಿಮಮಾನವ, ಸ್ನೋಮ್ಯಾನ್
- snowman in Punjabi
- ਬਰਫਮਾਨਵ, ਸਨੋਮੈਨ
- snowman in Gujarati
- સ્નોમેન, હિમમાનવ
- snowman in Odia
- ତୁଷାରମାନବ, ବରଫମାନବ
- snowman in Nepali
- स्नोम्यान
- snowman in Tagalog
- taong niyebe
- snowman in Arabic
- إِنْسَان ثَلْجِيّ ʔinsān ṯaljiyy, تِمْثَال ثَلْجِيّ timṯāl ṯaljiyy, رَجُل ثَلْج rajul ṯalj
- snowman in Malay
- orang salji
- snowman in Thai
- ตุ๊กตาหิมะ dtúk-gà-dtaa-hì-má
- snowman in Vietnamese
- người tuyết
- Kashmiri
- شیٖنہٕ مۆہنیٛوٗ śīnhụ mohnyū, شیٖنہٕ گُڑِن śīnhụ guḍin
Examples of snowman in a sentence
- When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.
- To break the tedium, they built snowmen and snowwomen, and snowkids.
- Dragon liked his new smaller snowman but it was still not quite right.
Forms of snowman
| plural | snowmen |
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Origin of snowman
* snow + -man. * (score of eight; card ranked eight): A typical snowman, built from two balls of snow, resembles a figure eight.
Words formed from snowman
Questions about snowman
- What does snowman mean?
- Snowman means a humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).
- What is snowman in Hindi?
- Snowman in Hindi is हिममानव, स्नोमैन, बर्फ़मान. See Snowman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is snowman?
- Snowman is a noun.
- How do you pronounce snowman?
- Snowman is pronounced /ˈsnəʊ.mæn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of snowman?
- The plural of snowman is snowmen.
Words near snowman in the dictionary
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