snowman

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UK/ˈsnəʊ.mæn/US/ˈsnoʊ.mæn/

noun

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).

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

nounsnowman (plural snowmen)

plural snowmen

  1. 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).
  2. ball gamesA score of eight, especially within one inning (in baseball) or on one hole (in golf, where it is also known as dogballs).

    For me, another blow-up score of a snowman, 8, seems about right on this hole.

    2018, Andre Huu, The Round of Your Life: A Book on Golf and Life, Archway Publishing, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    [The Angels] dropped a snowman early on us [Saturday] and we built a snowman early too.

    1996 June 3, Buster Olney, “Chat with Sparky helps 'useless' Johnson Dejected O's manager gets lift from ex-Tigers boss”, in The Baltimore Sun (quoting B. J. Surhoff)

    "Then they dropped a snowman (8) on us and did it pretty quick," Narron said. "Then Stone had to stay out there and suck it up for us […]"

    2005 June 26, Dayton Daily News, page 44
  3. slangA playing card with the rank of eight.
  4. rareAn attractive but heartless man.

    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, “The Great Snowman”

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

* snow + -man. * (score of eight; card ranked eight): A typical snowman, built from two balls of snow, resembles a figure eight.

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Translations

Afrikaans sneeuman, sneeupop
  • sneeumanfigure made of snow
  • sneeupopfigure made of snow
Arabic إِنْسَان ثَلْجِيّ, تِمْثَال ثَلْجِيّ
  • إِنْسَان ثَلْجِيّ (ʔinsān ṯaljiyy)figure made of snow
  • تِمْثَال ثَلْجِيّ (timṯāl ṯaljiyy)figure made of snow
  • رَجُل ثَلْج (rajul ṯalj)figure made of snow
Bulgarian сне́жен чове́к
  • сне́жен чове́к (snéžen čovék)figure made of snow
Catalan ninot de neu
  • ninot de neufigure made of snow
Chinese Cantonese 雪人
  • 雪人 (syut³ jan⁴)figure made of snow
Chinese Mandarin 雪人
  • 雪人 (xuěrén)figure made of snow
Czech sněhulák
  • sněhulákfigure made of snow
Danish snemand
  • snemandfigure made of snow
Dutch sneeuwpop, sneeuwman
  • sneeuwpopfigure made of snow
  • sneeuwmanfigure made of snow
Esperanto neĝhomo
  • neĝhomofigure made of snow
Estonian lumememm, lumemees
  • lumememmfigure made of snow
  • lumemeesfigure made of snow
  • memmfigure made of snow
Finnish lumiukko
  • lumiukkofigure made of snow
French bonhomme de neige
  • bonhomme de neigefigure made of snow
German Schneemann
  • Schneemannfigure made of snow
Greek χιονάνθρωπος
  • χιονάνθρωπος (chionánthropos)figure made of snow
Hawaiian kanaka hau
  • kanaka haufigure made of snow
Hebrew בובת שלג, אִישׁ שֶׁלֶג
  • בובת שלג (bubát shéleg)figure made of snow
  • אִישׁ שֶׁלֶג (ish shéleg)figure made of snow
Hungarian hóember
  • hóemberfigure made of snow
Icelandic snjókarl
  • snjókarlfigure made of snow
Irish fear sneachta
  • fear sneachtafigure made of snow
Italian pupazzo di neve, fantoccio di neve
  • pupazzo di nevefigure made of snow
  • fantoccio di nevefigure made of snow
  • omino di nevefigure made of snow
  • uomo di nevefigure made of snow
Japanese 雪だるま, 雪達磨
  • 雪だるま (yukidaruma)figure made of snow
  • 雪達磨 (yukidaruma)figure made of snow
Korean 눈사람
  • 눈사람 (nunsaram)figure made of snow
Latin vir nivis
  • vir nivisfigure made of snow
Latvian sniegavīrs
  • sniegavīrsfigure made of snow
Lithuanian senis besmegenis, sniego senis
  • senis besmegenisfigure made of snow
  • sniego senisfigure made of snow
Malay orang salji
  • orang saljifigure made of snow
Norwegian Bokmål snømann
  • snømannfigure made of snow
Polish bałwan, bałwan śniegowy
  • bałwanfigure made of snow
  • bałwan śniegowyfigure made of snow
Portuguese boneco de neve
  • boneco de nevefigure made of snow
Romanian om de zăpadă
  • om de zăpadăfigure made of snow
Russian сне́жная ба́ба, снегови́к
  • сне́жная ба́ба (snéžnaja bába)figure made of snow
  • снегови́к (snegovík)figure made of snow
Scottish Gaelic bodach-sneachda
  • bodach-sneachdafigure made of snow
Slovak snehuliak
  • snehuliakfigure made of snow
Spanish muñeco de nieve, hombre nival
  • muñeco de nievefigure made of snow
  • hombre nivalfigure made of snow
  • monigote níveofigure made of snow
Swedish snögubbe
  • snögubbefigure made of snow
Tagalog taong niyebe
  • taong niyebefigure made of snow
Thai ตุ๊กตาหิมะ
  • ตุ๊กตาหิมะ (dtúk-gà-dtaa-hì-má)figure made of snow
Turkish kardan adam
  • kardan adamfigure made of snow
Ukrainian снігова́ ба́ба, снігови́к
  • снігова́ ба́ба (snihová bába)figure made of snow
  • снігови́к (snihovýk)figure made of snow
Vietnamese người tuyết
  • người tuyếtfigure made of snow
Welsh dyn eira
  • dyn eirafigure made of snow
Yiddish שניימאַן
  • שניימאַן (shneyman)figure made of snow
Cite this entry
APA

snowman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowman

MLA

“snowman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowman. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snowman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowman.

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