snowman

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsnəʊ.mæn/ (UK)
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/ˈsnəʊ.mæn/ (UK) · /ˈsnoʊ.mæn/ (US)

Definition of snowman

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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).
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noun

  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 […]"”
    “For me, another blow-up score of a snowman, 8, seems about right on this hole.”
  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".”

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Etymology

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

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