snowball fight

noun

A scuffle or play fight whose object is to hit opponents with snowballs.

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Meanings

nounsnowball fight (plural snowball fights)

plural snowball fights

  1. A scuffle or play fight whose object is to hit opponents with snowballs.

    "Oh, I mean a snowball fight. This is probably the last of the season, and I was thinking we could get a lot of fellows together, make a fort, and have a regular battle like we read about in Cæsar to-day. It would be no end of sport."

    1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 2, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine

Translations

Bulgarian бой със снежни топки, стрелба със снежни топки
  • бой със снежни топки (boj săs snežni topki)play fight
  • стрелба със снежни топки (strelba săs snežni topki)play fight
  • целене със снежни топки (celene săs snežni topki)play fight
Catalan lluita de bolas de neu
  • lluita de bolas de neuplay fight
Chinese Mandarin 雪仗
  • 雪仗 (xuězhàng)play fight
Czech koulovačka
  • koulovačkaplay fight
Danish sneboldkamp
  • sneboldkampplay fight
Dutch sneeuwballengevecht
  • sneeuwballengevechtplay fight
Finnish lumisota
  • lumisotaplay fight
French bataille de boules de neige
  • bataille de boules de neigeplay fight
German Schneeballschlacht
  • Schneeballschlachtplay fight
Greek χιονοπόλεμος
  • χιονοπόλεμος (chionopólemos)play fight
Hungarian hógolyózás
  • hógolyózásplay fight
Icelandic snjókast
  • snjókastplay fight
Italian lotta di palle di neve
  • lotta di palle di neveplay fight
Japanese 雪合戦
  • 雪合戦 (yukigassen)play fight
Korean 눈싸움
  • 눈싸움 (nunssaum)play fight
Norwegian Bokmål snøballkrig, snøballkamp
  • snøballkrigplay fight
  • snøballkampplay fight
Polish śnieżki
  • śnieżkiplay fight
Portuguese briga de bolas de neve
  • briga de bolas de neveplay fight
Russian снежки́
  • снежки́ (snežkí)play fight
Spanish pelea de bolas de nieve
  • pelea de bolas de nieveplay fight
Swedish snöbollskrig
  • snöbollskrigplay fight
Turkish kartopu savaşı
  • kartopu savaşıplay fight
Ukrainian сніжки́
  • сніжки́ (snižký)play fight
Cite this entry
APA

snowball fight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowball%20fight

MLA

“snowball fight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowball%20fight. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snowball fight,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowball%20fight.

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