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snowman

noun

  1. figure sculpted from snow
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊ.mæn/ / /ˈsnoʊ.mæn/

noun

Etymology: * snow + -man. * (score of eight; card ranked eight): A typical snowman, built from two balls of snow, resembles a figure eight.

  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.”

    “"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 […]"”

  3. A playing card with the rank of eight.
  4. 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".”