English

Snowman.

Noun

snowman ‎(plural snowmen)

1. A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).
2. (slang) A playing card with the rank of nine.
3. (golf) A score of eight on a single hole.
4. (idiomatic) An attractive but heartless man (similar to ice queen).
   • 1961, John D. Loudermilk in the song "The Great Snowman"

     A few years ago there lived a lover By the name of Jimmy Jones Who really snowed the girls and left them cold And gained the title of 'The Great Snowman'.

Antonyms

• snowwoman

Hypernyms

• snow figure, snowperson

Derived terms

• abominable snowman
• snowman abnormality
• snowman sign

Related terms

• snow angel

Translations

See also

• iceman
• ☃

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523