snowman

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snowman

  • /ˈsnəʊ.mæn/ UK
  • /ˈsnoʊ.mæn/ US

Rhymes with -əʊmæn, -oʊmæn

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* snow + -man.

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

noun snowmen

  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.
  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".

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: snow, snowfall, abominable, snowperson, snow figure, snowbear, snowkid, snowlady, snowboy, snowfolk, frosty, snowchild, snowball, snowmaker, abominable snowperson, snowrabbit

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noun figure made of snow

Españolmuñeco de nieve, hombre nival, monigote níveo
한국어눈사람 nunsaram
日本語雪だるま yukidaruma, 雪達磨 yukidaruma
中文雪人 xuěrén
Portuguêsboneco de neve
Françaisbonhomme de neige
DeutschSchneemann
Italianopupazzo di neve, fantoccio di neve, omino di neve, uomo di neve
Ελληνικάχιονάνθρωπος chionánthropos
Românăom de zăpadă
Русскийсне́жная ба́ба snéžnaja bába, снегови́к snegovík
Tiếng Việtngười tuyết
العربيةإِنْسَان ثَلْجِيّ ʔinsān ṯaljiyy, تِمْثَال ثَلْجِيّ timṯāl ṯaljiyy, رَجُل ثَلْج rajul ṯalj
עבריתבובת שלג bubát shéleg, אִישׁ שֶׁלֶג ish shéleg

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"snowman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/snowman. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{snowman_2026,
  title = {snowman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snowman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}