snowman
nounUK /ˈsnəʊ.mæn/ · US /ˈsnoʊ.mæn/
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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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).
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Ball games, Baseball, Games, Golf, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports 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.1996 June 3, Buster Olney, “Chat with Sparky helps 'useless' Johnson Dejected O's manager gets lift from ex-Tigers boss”, in The Baltimore Sun (quoting B. J. Surhoff):
- "Then they dropped a snowman (8) on us and did it pretty quick," Narron said. "Then Stone had to stay out there and suck it up for us […]"2005 June 26, Dayton Daily News, page 44:
1 more example
- For me, another blow-up score of a snowman, 8, seems about right on this hole.2018, Andre Huu, The Round of Your Life: A Book on Golf and Life, Archway Publishing, →ISBN:
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Slang A playing card with the rank of eight.
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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".1961, John D. Loudermilk, “The Great Snowman”:
- Derived terms
- abominable snowman, snowmanlike, snowmanness, snowman sign
- Related terms
- snow angel, iceman, ☃
- Hypernyms
- snow figure, snowperson