Antonyms for snowball


Grammar : Verb
Spell : snoh-bawl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsnoʊˌbɔl


Definition of snowball

Origin :
  • c.1400, from snow (n.) + ball (n.1). Cf. West Frisian sniebal, Middle Dutch sneubal, German Schneeball, Danish snebold. Expression snowball's chance (in hell) "no chance" is recorded by 1910.
  • verb increase
Example sentences :
  • He knew that the whole world is a snowball, and that all the stars are snowballs.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • The snowball missed her, and came with a great bang against the barrel.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • But they do, and most of them look as dignified as can be, in spite of the snowball.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • You seem to be aiming at me as directly as a small boy aims his snowball.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
  • Another old-time enjoyment of that date was a snowball fight.
  • Extract from : « Robert Louis Stevenson » by Margaret Moyes Black
  • Just as he thought that, a bird flew up from the snowball bush.
  • Extract from : « The Goody-Naughty Book » by Sarah Cory Rippey
  • He turned to find Bill on the lawn with a snowball in one hand.
  • Extract from : « A Son of the City » by Herman Gastrell Seely
  • "I suppose he spilled some of the salt on the ground," said Snowball.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Snowball Lamb » by Arthur Bailey
  • He was a wild, unruly fellow, bigger and older than Snowball.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Snowball Lamb » by Arthur Bailey
  • When Snowball first joined the flock in the pasture he tried to do just as every one else did.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Snowball Lamb » by Arthur Bailey

Synonyms for snowball

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