snowman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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).
  3. A playing card with the rank of eight.
  4. An attractive but heartless man.

Pronunciation

/ˈsnəʊ.mæn/ /ˈsnoʊ.mæn/ en-us-snowman.ogg

Word forms

snowman snowmen

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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