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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bal•loon /bəˈlun/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Gamesa rubber bag that can be inflated with gas, used as a toy.
- Aeronauticsa bag of strong, light material filled with a gas lighter than air so as to rise through the air.
v. [ no obj] - Aeronauticsto ride in a balloon.
- to puff out like a balloon.
- to increase at a rapid rate:His weight ballooned when he quit smoking.
adj. [ before a noun] - puffed out like a balloon: balloon sleeves.
bal•loon•ist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bal•loon (bə lo̅o̅n′),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Aeronauticsa 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.
- (in drawings, cartoons, etc.) a balloon-shaped outline enclosing words represented as issuing from the mouth of the speaker.
- Architecturean ornamental ball at the top of a pillar, pier, or the like.
- Wine, Ceramicsa large, globular wineglass.
- Chemistrya round-bottomed flask.
v.i. - Aeronauticsto go up or ride in a balloon.
- to swell or puff out like a balloon.
- to multiply or increase at a rapid rate:Membership has ballooned beyond all expectations.
v.t. - to fill with air;
inflate or distend (something) like a balloon.
adj. - puffed out like a balloon:balloon sleeves.
- Banking, Business[Finance.](of a loan, mortgage, or the like) having a payment at the end of the term that is much bigger than previous ones.
- Upper Italian
- Middle French ballon
- Langobardic; see ball1) + -one augmentative suffix; or
- Upper Italian ballone, equivalent. to ball(a) (
- 1570–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: balloon /bəˈluːn/ n - an inflatable rubber bag of various sizes, shapes, and colours: usually used as a plaything or party decoration
- 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
- a circular or elliptical figure containing the words or thoughts of a character in a cartoon
- Brit a kick or stroke that propels a ball high into the air
- (as modifier): a balloon shot
- a round-bottomed flask
- a large rounded brandy glass
- a large sum paid as an irregular instalment of a loan repayment
- (as modifier): a balloon loan
- an inflatable plastic tube used for dilating obstructed blood vessels or parts of the alimentary canal
- (as modifier): balloon angioplasty
- go down like a lead balloon ⇒ informal to be completely unsuccessful or unpopular
- when the balloon goes up ⇒ informal when the trouble or action begins
vb - (intransitive) to go up or fly in a balloon
- (intransitive) to increase or expand significantly and rapidly: losses ballooned to £278 million
- to inflate or be inflated; distend; swell: the wind ballooned the sails
- (transitive) Brit to propel (a ball) high into the air
Etymology: 16th Century (in the sense: ball, ball game): from Italian dialect ballone, from balla, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German balla ball1balˈlooning n balˈloonist n balˈloon-ˌlike adj |