• Snowball
  Snowball
  A snowball is a spherical object made from snow, usually created by scooping snow with the hands, and compacting it into a roughly fist-sized ball. The snowball is often used to engage in games, such as snowball fights. Snowball fights are usually light-hearted and involve throwing snowballs at...
  
  , a ball of snow usually made by compacting snow with the hands
• Snowball programming language
  Snowball programming language
  Snowball is a small string-handling programming language whose name was chosen as a tribute to the SNOBOL programming language, with which it shares the concept of string patterns delivering signals that are used to control the flow of the program....
  
  , computing
• Snowball, Ontario
  Snowball, Ontario
  Snowball is a Canadian hamlet in the township of King, Ontario, at the crossroads of Wellington Street W. and Dufferin Street. It is located north of Eversley. Snowball is part of electoral Ward 1 in King.-History:...
  
  , a community in the province of Ontario, Canada
• Snowball sampling
  Snowball sampling
  In sociology and statistics research, snowball sampling is a non-probability sampling technique where existing study subjects recruit future subjects from among their acquaintances. Thus the sample group appears to grow like a rolling snowball...
  
  , a social research sampling method
• Snowball, a text adventure in the Silicon Dreams trilogy by Level 9 Computing, released in 1983
• Snowball Derby
  Snowball Derby
  The Snowball Derby is a 300-lap super late model stock car automobile race held annually at the half-mile Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida. The race has been contested every year since 1968 and is always run on the first weekend in December...
  
  , an auto race held every December in Pensacola, Florida
• Snowball Earth
  Snowball Earth
  The Snowball Earth hypothesis posits that the Earth's surface became entirely or nearly entirely frozen at least once, some time earlier than 650 Ma . Proponents of the hypothesis argue that it best explains sedimentary deposits generally regarded as of glacial origin at tropical...
  
  , an epoch or epochs in which the entire planet was glaciated, or nearly so
• Snowball effect
  Snowball effect
  Snowball effect is a figurative term for a process that starts from an initial state of small significance and builds upon itself, becoming larger , and perhaps potentially dangerous or disastrous , though it might be beneficial instead...
  
  , a situation, event or the like is said to snowball if it continually grows in intensity or magnitude
• Snowball (finance), an "exotic" interest rate derivative
• Snowball (codename), the internal codename for Windows for Workgroups 3.11
• Snowball (cockatoo)
  Snowball (Cockatoo)
  Snowball is a male Eleonora Cockatoo, noted as being the first non-human animal conclusively demonstrated to be capable of beat induction — perceiving music and synchronizing his body movements to the beat .-Background:...
  
  , an Eleonora Cockatoo made famous by his ability to dance to music
• Snowball (swing dance)
  Snowball (swing dance)
  Snowball is a fun variation on a swing dance, that gets its name from the way that it gathers dancers.The dance begins with a large number of dancers forming a ring around a small number of dancers . When the music starts, only the people in the middle of the ring dance...
  
  , a variation on a dance in the style of swing
• Snowball (school dance), a regional U.S. term for a type of school dance where females invite males
• Snowball tree (Viburnum opulus)
  Viburnum opulus
  Viburnum opulus is a species of Viburnum, native to Europe and Asia. Some botanists also treat the closely related North American species Viburnum trilobum as a variety of it , or a subspecies, Viburnum opulus subsp...
  
  
• The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
  The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
  The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life is a biography about Warren Buffett by Alice Schroeder.Before this book was written, Warren Buffett rejected numerous approaches by biographers, journalists, and publishers to cooperate on an account of his life...
  
  , a book about Warren Buffett written by Alice Schroeder
• Snowball, the code name for a test using a large amount of conventional explosives to test nuclear technology, staged in Alberta, Canada in 1974.
• Operation Snowball
  Operation snowball
  Operation Snowball is an international alcohol, tobacco and other drug use prevention program focusing on leadership development to empower youth to lead drug-free lives...
  
  , an international alcohol, tobacco and other drug use prevention program for youth
• The debt-snowball method
  Debt-snowball method
  The debt-snowball method is a debt reduction strategy, whereby one who owes on more than one account pays off the accounts starting with the smallest balances first while paying the minimum on larger debts...
  
  , popularized in part by Dave Ramsey
  Dave Ramsey
  David L. Ramsey III is an American financial author, radio host, television personality, and motivational speaker.Ramsey's syndicated radio program The Dave Ramsey Show is promoted with a tagline that "It's about your life and your money," and it is heard on over 450 radio stations throughout the...
  
   as a means of improving one's financial position by reducing amounts owed to creditors
• Snowballing
  Snowballing (sexual practice)
  Snowballing or snowdropping is the human sexual practice in which one person takes another person's semen into his or her mouth and then passes it back to the mouth of the other, usually through kissing.The term was originally used only by homosexuals...
  
  , the act of exchanging semen between you and your sexual partner's mouth

People

• Jabez Bunting Snowball
  Jabez Bunting Snowball
  Jabez Bunting Snowball was a businessman, the 11th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, Canada, and politician from the Town of Chatham, New Brunswick...
  
  , former member of the Canadian parliament, and Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
  New Brunswick
  New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
  
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Music

• Snowball (album)
  Snowball (album)
  Snowball is the first album by The Field Mice. It was originally released as a 10" vinyl LP. It includes the song "Let's Kiss and Make Up", which became better known when covered by Saint Etienne the following year.-Track listing:...
  
  , 1989 debut mini-album by The Field Mice
• "Snowball", a song on Devo
  Devo
  Devo is an American band formed in 1973 consisting of members from Kent and Akron, Ohio. The classic line-up of the band includes two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs and the Casales . The band had a #14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It", and has maintained a cult...
  
  's album Freedom of Choice
  Freedom of Choice
  Freedom of Choice is the third album by New Wave musicians Devo, released on May 16, 1980. It saw the band moving in more of an overt synthpop direction, even though guitars still played a prominent role....
  
  

Food and drink

• Snowball
  Snowball (cocktail)
  A Snowball is a mixture of Advocaat and lemonade in approximately equal parts. It may have other ingredients, to taste.If one does not have Advocaat, then it may be substituted by making your own Advocaat, which typically consists of 1 egg, 30 ml of simple syrup, and 60 ml of brandy...
  
  , a type of cocktail
  Cocktail
  A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...
  
  , briefly fashionable in the 1970s, made of about one part of Advocaat
  Advocaat
  Advocaat is a rich and creamy liqueur made from eggs, sugar and brandy. It has a smooth, custard-like flavor and is similar to eggnog. In English-speaking countries it generally contains 15% alcohol , but in Continental Europe the typical alcohol content differs from country to country and is...
  
  , eight parts of lemonade, one part of lime juice, usually served over ice
• Sno Balls
  Sno Balls
  Sno Balls are cream-filled chocolate cakes, which are then covered with marshmallow frosting and coconut flakes. They are marketed by Hostess. Sno Balls are usually pink; however, they are also available in chocolate, lemon, white, green, blue and other colors, depending on the holiday...
  
  , a type of confection consisting of a mound of semi-solid marshmallow-like substance, on a shortbread base and all covered in chocolate and coconut shavings.
• Snowball (dessert), a dessert treat of shaved ice and sugar syrup commonly enjoyed in Baltimore, Maryland, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Snowballs differ from snow cones in that the ice is more finely shaved, never crushed. (See Hansen's Sno-Bliz
  Hansen's Sno-Bliz
  Hansen's Sno-Bliz is a snowball stand located in New Orleans, Louisiana on Tchoupitoulas Street at Bordeaux Street.It opened in 1934 and is believed to be the oldest snowball stand in the United States. It has been operated continuously by the Hansen family since its opening. After Hurricane...
  
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Fiction

• Snowball (film), a 1960 film.
• Snowball (Animal Farm)
  Snowball (Animal Farm)
  Snowball is a fictional pig in the book Animal Farm written by George Orwell. He is based on Leon Trotsky.- Snowball's ideas :Snowball believes in a continued revolution: he argues that in order to defend Animal Farm and strengthen the reality of Old Major's dream of a life without humans, the...
  
  , a character in George Orwell's political satire Animal Farm
• Snowball (The Simpsons)
  Snowball (The Simpsons)
  The name Snowball refers to five fictional cats that have been owned by the Simpson family in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. The differences between them are:...
  
  , a cat character in The Simpsons
• Snowball, a gene-spliced intelligent hamster who is a recurring character in the cartoon Pinky and the Brain
• Private Snowball, a nickname given to an African-American recruit in the film Full Metal Jacket
  Full Metal Jacket
  Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is an adaptation of the 1979 novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford and stars Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Arliss Howard and Adam Baldwin. The film follows a platoon of U.S...
  
  
• Snowball, the nickname of the character Willam Black from Kevin Smith's film Clerks and Mallrats films.
• Snowball, a 1983 computer game by Level 9 Computing
  Level 9 Computing
  Level 9 was a British computer text adventure game company which produced some of the most advanced games of the 1980s. Founded in 1981 by Mike Austin, Nicholas Austin and Pete Austin, the company produced about 20 games for BBC Micro, Nascom, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Oric, Atari, Lynx 48k, RML...
  
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• Snowball, a mysterious female representing the black 8-ball in the billiard-themed, time-bending villainous gang 'The Felt', and whose life is said to be tied to that of the universe's in the popular webcomic Homestuck