snowman
noun
- figure sculpted from snow
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.
- 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.”
“"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 […]"”
- 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".”