# snowball effect

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An accelerating growth of magnitude, including fame, fortune, importance, or danger.

## Etymology
By analogy with the way that a growing snowball collects snow faster and faster as it is rolled along.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/snowball-effect