snowballing
Growing ever faster
Snowballing describes something that grows or accumulates rapidly as it progresses, like a snowball rolling downhill and gathering more snow: The project's costs kept snowballing.
In sexual slang, snowballing refers to passing semen from one person's mouth to another's through kissing.
Product of mass, velocity
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- compoundingElements merging progressively
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
- multiplyingIncreasing by repeated addition
cascading · exponential · buildup · acceleration · proliferation · mounting · spiraling · ballooning
Attention, stake, or fee
- principalChief school administrator
- compoundingElements merging progressively
- accruingGradually increasing amount
- accumulatingGathering in increasing quantity
defaulting · arrears · mounting · unpaid · ballooning · overdue · credit · borrowing
Putting items in containers
- rollingTurning over repeatedly
- fortDefensive military installation
- mittensThumbed hand coverings
- throwingPropelling by arm motion
ammunition · ducking · target · icy · compacting · lobbing · dodging · pelting
Skilled way of performing
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- referralDirecting someone elsewhere
- participantsThose actively involved
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
methodology · chain · networking · qualitative · respondents · outreach · convenience · word-of-mouth
momentum
Product of mass, velocity
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- compoundingElements merging progressively
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
multiplying · cascading · exponential · buildup · acceleration · proliferation · mounting · spiraling · ballooning · mushrooming
interest
Attention, stake, or fee
- principalChief school administrator
- compoundingElements merging progressively
- accruingGradually increasing amount
accumulating · defaulting · arrears · mounting · unpaid · ballooning · overdue · credit · borrowing · repayment
packing
Putting items in containers
throwing · ammunition · ducking · target · icy · compacting · lobbing · dodging · pelting · slush
technique
Skilled way of performing
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- referralDirecting someone elsewhere
- participantsThose actively involved
research · methodology · chain · networking · qualitative · respondents · outreach · convenience · word-of-mouth · subjects
- increasesincrease, rise, gain, boost, hike
- size changesenlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, shrink
- out of controlwild, chaotic, unruly, unchecked, runaway
- Proliferationspread, multiplication, expansion, propagation, growth
- gaming tacticsflanking, positioning, baiting, rushing, turtling
- accelerationaccelerate, acceleration, accelerating, speed up, speeding up
snowballingshrinking
Decreasing in dimension
declining · decreasing · dwindling · diminishing · contracting
snowballingdissipating
Scattering and fading out
fizzling out · unraveling · dissolving · fragmenting · scattering
snowballingstagnating
Ceasing to develop
plateauing · stabilizing · leveling off · decelerating · slowing
ball, snow, snowball, snowstorm, snowflake, snowman, snowballs, snowdrift, snowplow