1. [n]  snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)
2. [n]  ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup
3. [n]  ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce
4. [n]  plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
5. [v]  increase at a rapidly accelerating rate
6. [v]  increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate
7. [v]  throw snowballs at

Snowball
Although the weather report called for snow, nothing happened on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. But on Friday, the snow comes down--and it`s just right for snowballs. Colorful photo-collage illustrations depict the young narrator finally enjoying her day in the snow.

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1. \Snow"ball`\, n.
   1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or
      anything resembling such a mass.
   2. (Bot.) The Guelder-rose.
   {Snowball tree} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.
   

2. \Snow"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snowballed}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Snowballing}.]
   To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
   

3. \Snow"ball`\, v. i.
   To throw snowballs.