snow

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As a noun, snow means the frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation. As a verb, it means have snow fall from the sky.

Meanings of snow

15 meanings

The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation.
Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid.
A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water.
“We have had several heavy snows this year.”
A shade of the color white.
The moving pattern of random dots displayed on a television, etc., when no transmission signal is being received.
slangCocaine.
Marine snow
Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
Similar: snowfall
A layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
Street names for cocaine
Similar: coke, blow, nose candy, C

Older and rare meanings (1)

nauticalhistoricalA two-masted, square-rigged vessel, trysail-mast stepped immediately abaft the main mast.

impersonalTo have snow fall from the sky.
“It is snowing.”
“It started to snow.”
colloquialTo hoodwink someone, especially by presenting confusing information.
pokerTo bluff in draw poker by refusing to draw any cards.
Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
“He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well”
Similar: bamboozle, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false