User Contributed Dictionary
Verb
snowballing- present participle of snowball
Extensive Definition
The definition of snowballing can be refer
to:
Economy:
- A situation in which the exercise of stop orders in a declining market or advancing market or specific share creates further downward or upward pressure, triggering more stop orders, magnifying the decline or advance.
- Debt-snowball method: A method of paying down credit card debt. Pay the minimum on all balances, except the one with the highest interest rate.
Science:
- In social science research, snowball sampling, or "snowballing," is a technique for developing a research sample.
Game:
- The throwing of snowballs
- A PvP element in the winter event of Guild Wars.
Movie:
- A 1984 film comedy directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr. about teenagers at a ski resort.
Human behavioral:
- An erotic practice in which two persons French kiss with semen in their mouths. Also known as cumswapping.
See also
snowballing in Polish:
snowballing