snow under

verb

snowed under; snowing under; snows under

transitive verb

1

: to overwhelm especially in excess of capacity to absorb or deal with something

2

: to defeat by a large margin

Synonyms

• blow away
• overcome
• bomb
• bury
• master
• throw
• whip
• skin
• run rings around
• upset
• cream
• eat alive
• dust
• rout
• beat
• annihilate
• smoke [slang]
• trim
• paste
• flatten
• beat the pants off
• smother
• top

Examples of snow under in a Sentence

the challenger snowed the incumbent under in a big upset

snowed under by the huge pile of paperwork

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for snow under

• asunder
• blunder
• bunder
• funder
• plunder
• sunder
• thunder

Kids Definition

snow under

verb

1

: to overwhelm especially beyond the ability to absorb or deal with something

2

: to defeat by a large amount