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Balloon
bəˈluːn
Balloon definitions
noun
balloon
balloons
- a small coloured rubber bag that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration
"the room was festooned with balloons and streamers"
- a small inflatable bag that is inflated inside a hollow organ, typically to close or distend it
- a large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air, typically one carrying a basket for passengers
"he set his sights on crossing the Pacific by balloon"
hot-air balloon fire balloon barrage balloon weather balloon - a rounded outline in which the words or thoughts of characters in a comic strip or cartoon are written
"a balloon reading ‘Ka-Pow!’"
- a large rounded drinking glass, used especially for brandy
"a brandy balloon"
- a stupid person
verb
balloon
ballooned
ballooning
balloons
- swell out in a spherical shape
"the trousers ballooned out below his waist"
- (of an amount of money spent or owed) increase rapidly
"the company's debt has ballooned in the last five years"
- (of a person) increase rapidly in weight
"I ate out of boredom and I just ballooned up"
- (with reference to a ball) lob or be lobbed high in the air
"the ball ballooned into the air"
- travel by hot-air balloon
"he is famous for ballooning across oceans"