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

• annihilate
• blow away
• bomb
• bury
• clobber
• cream
• drub
• dust
• flatten
• paste
• rout
• shellac
• skin
• skunk
• smoke [slang]
• smother
• thrash
• trim
• tromp
• trounce
• wallop
• wax [slang]
• whip
• whomp
• whop
• whap
• whup

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