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1. (n.) balloon
an inflatable rubber bag used as a toy or for decoration.
2. balloon
a fabric bag filled with heated air or a gas lighter than air, designed to rise and float, often with a gondola suspended under it for passengers or instruments:
a hot-air balloon.
3. balloon
(in cartoons) an outline enclosing words represented as issuing from the mouth of a speaker.
4. (v.i.) balloon
to ride in a balloon.
5. balloon
to puff out like a balloon.
6. balloon
to increase at a rapid rate.
7. (v.t.) balloon
to inflate or distend (something) like a balloon.
8. (adj.) balloon
puffed out like a balloon:
balloon sleeves.
9. balloon
(esp. of a loan or mortgage) having a payment at the end of the term that is much bigger than the previous ones.
Etymology: (1570–80; (< MF ballon) < Upper It ballone, der. of balla ball < Langobardic; see ball1)
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| Definition of 'Balloon' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) balloon
large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
2. (verb) balloon
small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
3. (verb) balloon
ride in a hot-air balloon
"He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China"
4. (verb) balloon, inflate, billow
become inflated
"The sails ballooned"
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1. (noun) balloon
a round, air-filled rubber party decoration
blowing up the balloons
2. balloon
a hot-air balloon
The balloon rose slowly.
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| Definition of 'Balloon' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Balloon
a bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation
2. (noun) Balloon
a ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London
3. (noun) Balloon
a round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form
4. (noun) Balloon
a bomb or shell
5. (noun) Balloon
a game played with a large inflated ball
6. (noun) Balloon
the outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure
7. (verb) Balloon
to take up in, or as if in, a balloon
8. (verb) Balloon
to go up or voyage in a balloon
9. (verb) Balloon
to expand, or puff out, like a balloon
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Sense: a large bag, made of light material and filled with a gas lighter than air
They decorated the dance-hall with balloons.
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 Afrikaans: ballon |
 Arabic: بالون |
 Bulgarian: балон |
 Brazilian: balão |
 Czech: balon(ek) |
 German: der Luftballon |
 Danish: ballon |
 Greek: μπαλόνι, αερόστατο |
 Spanish: globo |
 Estonian: õhupall |
 Farsi: بادکنک |
 Finnish: ilmapallo |
 French: ballon |
 Hebrew: בָּלוֹן |
 Hindi: गुब्बारा |
 Croatian: balon |
 Hungarian: ballon |
 Indonesian: balon |
 Icelandic: blaðra |
 Italian: mongolfiera |
 Japanese: 気球 |
 Korean: 기구 |
 Lithuanian: balionas |
 Latvian: balons |
 Malay: belon |
 Dutch: ballon |
 Norwegian: ballong |
 Polish: balon |
 Persian: بادکنک |
 Pashto: بالون، هوايى كڅوړه، هغه ك |
 Portuguese: balão |
 Romanian: balon |
 Russian: воздушный шар |
 Slovak: balón |
 Slovenian: balon |
 Serbian: balon |
 Swedish: ballong |
 Thai: ลูกโป่ง; ลูกบอลลูน |
 Turkish: balon |
 Taiwanese: 氣球 |
 Ukrainian: повітряна куля |
 Urdu: غبارہ |
 Vietnamese: kinh khí cầu |
 Chinese: 气球 |
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