"snowballing" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} snowballing
  1. present participle and gerund of snowball Wikipedia link: snowballing Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: snowball
    Sense id: en-snowballing-en-verb-QLZjZG6m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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