снежо́к

uncommon #7916

nounmasculineinanimateuncountable

1.
snowball
Ма́льчик бро́сил в меня́ снежо́к.
The boy threw a snowball at me.
Often in the plural in играть в снежки 'have a snowball fight'.
2.
light snow, fresh snow, a bit of snow
Ночью вы́пал све́жий снежо́к.
A bit of fresh snow fell during the night.
Affectionate diminutive of снег.
3.
(rare) cocaine, coke, snowdrugs
Они́ торгова́ли снежко́м.
They were dealing coke.
Slang.

Examples

Снежо́к раста́ял у меня в руке́.
The snowball melted in my hand.
Закутанные дети играли в снежки во дворе.
The children bundled up played snowball fights in the courtyard.
Дети закидали друг друга снежками во дворе.
The children pelted each other with snowballs in the yard.
Мальчик, швырявшийся снежками, попал в окно.
The boy, throwing snowballs, hit the window.
Том ки́нул в Мэри снежко́м.
Tom threw a snowball at Mary.
Мальчик, забросавший окна снежками, убежал.
The boy who pelted the windows with snowballs ran away.
Мальчишки пуляли снежками во дворе.
The boys were throwing snowballs at each other in the yard.
Том бро́сил в Мэри снежо́к.
Tom threw a snowball at Mary.

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