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), a situation where a player or faction is able to leverage a small advantage into a larger and larger advantage.
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