snow

Definition

  • noun: soft, white pieces of frozen water that fall to the ground from the sky in cold weather
  • noun: precipitation in the form of small white ice crystals formed directly from the water vapor of the air at a temperature of less than 32°F (0°C)
  • verb: to impress, deceive, or persuade (someone)
  • verb: to fall in or as snow
  • used with 'it' to say that snow is falling
  • synonyms: benzedrine, benzedrine pill, c

Examples

  • The weatherman is forecasting 'heavy/light snow'. [=the weatherman is saying that a large/small amount of snow will fall]

  • We got 12 inches of 'snow'. [=we had a snowstorm that left 12 inches of snow on the ground]

  • They'd been promised a big return on their investments, but all they got was a 'snow job'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) And you are here all alone ... Yeah, you know, there?s these great places now, you know, these communities Where you don?t have to worry about mowing the lawn or shoveling snow. You know, People who are like you, active and alert, but are alone. And would benefit from being around folks (..)
    2008 Gran Torino
  • (..) Hmong. So we came over here. Yeah, well I don't know how you ended up in Midwest. Snow on the ground six months in the year. What is it? Jungle people wanted to be on great frozen tundra? Hill people. We are hill people. Not jungle people. BOO-ga, ga-Boo, BOO-ga! Yeah, whatever ... (..)
    2008 Gran Torino