mushroom vs snowball

mushroom

verb
  • To grow quickly to a large size. 

  • To form the shape of a mushroom when striking a soft target. 

  • To form the shape of a mushroom. 

  • To gather mushrooms. 

adj
  • Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture. 

noun
  • A fungus producing such fruiting bodies. 

  • A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab. 

  • Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood). 

  • Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly. 

  • Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking. 

  • Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards. 

snowball

verb
  • To rapidly grow out of proportion or control. 

  • To receive ejaculated semen in one's mouth, and to then pass it back and forth between one’s mouth and another person’s mouth. 

  • To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at. 

  • To play at throwing snowballs. 

adj
  • Of something with rapid growth, often uncontrolled. Compare snowball effect. 

noun
  • A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat. 

  • A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter. 

  • A sex act involving passing ejaculated semen from one person's mouth to another's. 

  • A type of ice dessert. 

  • A type of cake. 

  • Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control). 

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