"snowball fight" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snowball fights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} snowball fight (plural snowball fights)
  1. A scuffle or play fight whose object is to hit opponents with snowballs. Wikipedia link: snowball fight Categories (topical): Winter activities Translations (play fight): qartopu (Azerbaijani), снежкі́ (snježkí) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), lluita de bolas de neu (Catalan), 雪仗 (xuězhàng) (Chinese Mandarin), koulovačka [feminine] (Czech), sneboldkamp [common-gender] (Danish), sneeuwballengevecht [neuter] (Dutch), lumisota (Finnish), bataille de boules de neige [feminine] (French), Schneeballschlacht [feminine] (German), χιονοπόλεμος (chionopólemos) [masculine] (Greek), hógolyózás (Hungarian), snjókast [neuter] (Icelandic), lotta di palle di neve (Italian), 雪合戦 (yukigassen) (alt: ゆきがっせん) (Japanese), 눈싸움 (nunssaum) (Korean), snøballkrig [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), snøballkamp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), snøballkrig [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), snøballkamp [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), śnieżki [feminine, plural] (Polish), briga de bolas de neve [feminine] (Portuguese), снежки́ (snežkí) [masculine, plural] (Russian), grudanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), pelea de bolas de nieve [feminine] (Spanish), snöbollskrig [neuter] (Swedish), kartopu savaşı (Turkish), сніжки́ (snižký) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "play fight",
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      "word": "snöbollskrig"
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