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

Дети, налепившие снежки, начали игру во дворе.
The children who had made snowballs started a game in the yard.
Все наде́ялись, что на Рождество́ будет моросящий снежо́к.
Everyone hoped for a snow flurry for Christmas.
Мальчик, кидавший снежки, вдруг остановился.
The boy who was throwing snowballs suddenly stopped.
Дети бегали по двору, пуляющие снежками друг в друга.
The children ran around the yard, shooting snowballs at one another.
Закутанные дети играли в снежки во дворе.
The children bundled up played snowball fights in the courtyard.
Том бро́сил в Мэри снежо́к.
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.

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