Snowballing Explained

Snowballing often refers to a situation which rapidly gets out of control, as when a snow ball grows larger while rolling downhill.

Snowballing might also refer to:

Economy

• A situation in which the exercise of stop orders in a declining market or advancing market or specific share creates further downward or upward pressure, triggering more stop orders, magnifying the decline or advance
• Debt-snowball method: A method of paying down credit card debt by paying the minimum on all balances, except the one with the highest interest rate

Games

• The throwing of snowballs
• Snowballing (gaming), when a faction or player keeps gaining territory and becomes unstoppable

Science and engineering

• In social science research, snowball sampling, or "snowballing": a technique for developing a research sample
• In researching a field, snowballing is another name for Pearl growing
• In chemical and industrial engineering, snowballing is the second and last phase, after aggregation, of the pelletization process.

Other uses

• Bataille de boules de neige, an 1896 French silent film also known as Snowballing
• Snowballing (sexual practice), the act of spitting semen into a partner's mouth after oral sex

See also

• Snowball (disambiguation)
• Snowball, a spherical object made from snow