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snowmen

snowmen is the plural of snowman.

Meaning of snowman

Noun

snowman (plural snowmen)

  1. 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).
  2. 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)
  3. (slang) A playing card with the rank of eight.
  4. (rare) 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”

Phrases with snowmen

Questions about snowmen

What is snowmen the plural of?
Snowmen is the plural of snowman.

Words near snowmen in the dictionary

  1. Snowmass
  2. Snowmass Creek
  3. Snowmass Village
  4. snowmelt
  5. snowmelts
  6. snowmen
  7. snowmeow
  8. snowmeows
  9. snowmew
  10. snowmews
  11. snowmobile

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