snowman
English
Noun
snowman (plural snowmen)
- 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).
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of eight.
- (golf) A score of eight on a single hole.
- An attractive but heartless man (similar to ice queen).
- 1961, John D. Loudermilk in the song "The Great Snowman"
- 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 in the song "The Great Snowman"
Hypernyms
Derived terms
- abominable snowman
- snowman abnormality
- snowman sign
Related terms
Translations
figure made of snow
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References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN
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