The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SNOWBALL
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More clues leading to the result SNOWBALL
- Rapidly get large cocktail
- Mushroom that’s cold
- . Winter party cocktail?
- Drink currently available in small formal event
- Balloon with delivery following small present
- Get bigger present after small party
- Drink with little chance of being found in Hell?
- To accumulate win, snob needs the lot
- Coke party that’s thrown by children
- A mixture of drugs and drink
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The straight part
We know that "Get bigger" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case get bigger = snowball.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SNOWBALL mean?
SNOWBALL noun- A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.
- A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat.
- Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control).
- A sex act involving passing ejaculated semen from one person's mouth to another's.
- A type of ice dessert.
- A type of cake.
- To rapidly grow out of proportion or control.
- To play at throwing snowballs.
- To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
- (sexual slang) To receive a man's ejaculate in one's mouth, and then to pass it back and forth between one's mouth and his.