snowman

[ snoh-man ]

noun,plural snow·men.
  1. a figure of a person made of packed snow.

  2. Slang.

    • the numeral eight: They retired Ripken’s number in 2001, so no Oriole will again wear that snowman on his back.

    • Golf. a score of eight strokes on any individual hole: I blew it on the ninth hole—still can’t believe I made the dreaded snowman.

Origin of snowman

1
First recorded in 1820–30; snow + man

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British Dictionary definitions for snowman

snowman

/ (ˈsnəʊˌmæn) /


nounplural -men
  1. a figure resembling a man, made of packed snow

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