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snowball effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables
snow-bal-l -ef-fect
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An accelerating growth of magnitude, including fame, fortune, importance, or danger.

Example Sentences

Etymology

By analogy to a snowball that accumulates mass at an increasing rate as it rolls, thereby accelerating its growth.

Inflected Forms

snowball effects (plural)

Phrases

butterfly effect chain reaction domino effect exponential growth positive feedback slippery slope

Frequently Paired Words

butterfly effect chain reaction domino effect exponential growth positive feedback slippery slope snowballing

Questions

What does snowball effect mean?
An accelerating growth of magnitude, including fame, fortune, importance, or danger.
Where does snowball effect come from?
By analogy to a snowball that accumulates mass at an increasing rate as it rolls, thereby accelerating its growth.

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