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balloon /bə-loonˈ/ noun- An apparatus for travel in the air, or for carrying weather-recording instruments, etc, supported by buoyancy rather than mechanically driven, consisting of a large bag that is filled with gas, and a cabin or basket beneath
- A toy consisting of an inflatable rubber bag
- Something inflated or hollow, usu coloured (figurative)
- A large globular wineglass
- A round-bottomed flask (chem)
- An ornamental ball on a pillar, etc (architecture)
- A balloon-shaped outline enclosing the words or thoughts of a strip cartoon character
- A balloon-shaped outline enclosing words, etc for insertion into text (proofreading, etc)
- A person both foolish and opinionated (Scot)
- (also ballon /ba-lɔ̃ or ba-lōnˈ/) a game played with a large inflated ball, or the ball itself (obsolete)
adjective- Of or like a balloon
- (of a loan, mortgage, etc) involving a final payment much larger than preceding ones
transitive verb- To inflate
- To send high in the air
intransitive verb- To ascend or travel in, or as if in, a balloon
- To puff out like a balloon
- (of an aeroplane) to rise up in the air (as a result of landing on a firm surface, or increased airspeed, etc)
ORIGIN: Ital ballone, augmentative of balla ball ballonet /bal-o-netˈ/ noun In a balloon or dirigible, a small bag from which air is allowed to escape, and into which air is forced, to compensate for changes of pressure in the gasbag balloonˈing noun balloonˈist noun balloon angioplasty noun Angioplasty using a balloon catheter (see below) balloonˈ-backˈ adjective (of a dining-room chair) having a circular or oval-shaped back-support balloon barrage noun A system of balloons attached to each other and to the ground, as a protection against hostile aircraft balloon catheter noun A catheter inserted into a bodily vessel and inflated to dilate it balloon tyre noun A large pneumatic tyre of low pressure balloonˈ-vineˈ noun Heartseed, a tropical American climber with bladdery pods balloon whisk noun A whisk made of wire loops when the balloon goes up - When the trouble starts
- When proceedings begin
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