Snowman

//ˈsnoʊ.mæn// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a figure of a person made of packed snow wordnet
  3. 3
    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."

  4. 4
    A playing card with the rank of eight. slang
  5. 5
    An attractive but heartless man. rare

    "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"."

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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