snowball

IPA(Pronunciation)

Adjective

not-comparable

Of something with rapid growth, often uncontrolled. Compare snowball effect.

Japanese Meaning

急速に増大し、しばしば制御が難しい状態の現象や事象。 / 雪だるま効果に関連し、少しずつ増えていく様子を指す表現。

The snowball growth of the user base forced the startup to scale its infrastructure overnight.

ユーザー数の雪だるま式の増加により、そのスタートアップは一夜にしてインフラを拡張せざるを得なかった。

Sense（1）

Of something with rapid growth, often uncontrolled. Compare snowball effect.

Scandal, with her, did not lose any of its usual snowball propensities, of gathering as it went.