Balloon (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter-than-air gas and used as a children's plaything or as a decoration.
  2. a bag made of a light material, as silk or plastic, filled with heated air or a gas lighter than air, designed to rise and float in the atmosphere and often having a car or gondola attached below for carrying passengers or scientific instruments.
  3. (in drawings, cartoons, etc.) a balloon-shaped outline enclosing words represented as issuing from the mouth of the speaker.
  4. an ornamental ball at the top of a pillar, pier, or the like.
  5. a large, globular wineglass.
  6. a round-bottomed flask.
verb (used without object)
  1. to go up or ride in a balloon.
  2. to swell or puff out like a balloon.
  3. to multiply or increase at a rapid rate: Membership has ballooned beyond all expectations.
verb (used with object)
  1. to fill with air; inflate or distend (something) like a balloon.
adjective
  1. puffed out like a balloon: balloon sleeves.
  2. (of a loan, mortgage, or the like) having a payment at the end of the term that is much bigger than previous ones.
noun
  1. an inflatable rubber bag of various sizes, shapes, and colours: usually used as a plaything or party decoration
  2. a large impermeable bag inflated with a lighter-than-air gas, designed to rise and float in the atmosphere. It may have a basket or gondola for carrying passengers, etc
  3. a circular or elliptical figure containing the words or thoughts of a character in a cartoon
  4. British
    • a kick or stroke that propels a ball high into the air
    • (as modifier)
  5. a round-bottomed flask
  6. a large rounded brandy glass
  7. commerce
    • a large sum paid as an irregular instalment of a loan repayment
    • (as modifier)
  8. surgery
    • an inflatable plastic tube used for dilating obstructed blood vessels or parts of the alimentary canal
    • (as modifier)
  9. to be completely unsuccessful or unpopular
  10. when the trouble or action begins
verb
  1. to go up or fly in a balloon
  2. to increase or expand significantly and rapidly
  3. to inflate or be inflated; distend; swell
  4. to propel (a ball) high into the air
Balloon (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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