Definitions for balloonbəˈlun
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bal•loonbəˈlun(n.)
an inflatable rubber bag used as a toy or for decoration.
Category: Games
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.
Category: Aeronautics
(in cartoons) an outline enclosing words represented as issuing from the mouth of a speaker.
(v.i.)to ride in a balloon.
Category: Aeronautics
to puff out like a balloon.
to increase at a rapid rate.
(v.t.)to inflate or distend (something) like a balloon.
(adj.)puffed out like a balloon:
balloon sleeves.
(esp. of a loan or mortgage) having a payment at the end of the term that is much bigger than the previous ones.
Category: Business
Origin of balloon:
1570–80; (< MF ballon) < Upper It ballone, der. of balla ball < Langobardic; see ball1
bal•loon′like`(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
balloon(noun)
large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
balloon(verb)
small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
balloon(verb)
ride in a hot-air balloon
"He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China"
balloon, inflate, billow(verb)
become inflated
"The sails ballooned"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
balloon(noun)əlˈun
a round, air-filled rubber party decoration
blowing up the balloons
balloonəlˈun
a hot-air balloon
The balloon rose slowly.
Wiktionary
balloon(Noun)
An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
balloon(Noun)
Such an object as a childu2019s toy.
balloon(Noun)
Such an object designed to transport people through the air.
balloon(Noun)
A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
balloon(Noun)
A speech bubble.
balloon(Noun)
A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
balloon(Verb)
To increase or expand rapidly.
balloon(Verb)
To go up or voyage in a balloon.
Origin: 1570, "a game played with a large, inflated leather ball" (possibly via ballon) from pallone "large ball" from palla "ball", of origin, from palla "ball" from ballô, from bholn-, from . Akin to Old High German ballo, bal "ball" ( Ballen "bale"; Ball "ball"). More at ball.
Webster Dictionary
Balloon(noun)
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
Balloon(noun)
a ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London
Balloon(noun)
a round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form
Balloon(noun)
a bomb or shell
Balloon(noun)
a game played with a large inflated ball
Balloon(noun)
the outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure
Balloon(verb)
to take up in, or as if in, a balloon
Balloon(verb)
to go up or voyage in a balloon
Balloon(verb)
to expand, or puff out, like a balloon
Translations for balloon
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
balloon(noun)
a large bag, made of light material and filled with a gas lighter than air
They decorated the dance-hall with balloons.
- ballonAfrikaans

- بالونArabic

- балонBulgarian

- balãoPortuguese (BR)

- balon(ek)Czech

- der LuftballonGerman

- ballonDanish

- μπαλόνι, αερόστατοGreek

- globoSpanish

- õhupallEstonian

- بادکنکFarsi

- ilmapalloFinnish

- ballonFrench

- בָּלוֹןHebrew

- गुब्बाराHindi

- balonCroatian

- ballonHungarian

- balonIndonesian

- blaðraIcelandic

- mongolfieraItalian

- 気球Japanese

- 기구Korean

- balionasLithuanian

- balonsLatvian

- belonMalay

- ballonDutch

- ballongNorwegian

- balonPolish

- بادکنکPersian

- بالون، هوايى كڅوړه، هغه كڅوړه چه له گاز څخه هوا ته د پورته كيدو په غرض ډكيږى: بالون ته ورته نا نځكه، هر تش منځى پړسيدلى شىPashto

- balãoPortuguese

- balonRomanian

- воздушный шарRussian

- balónSlovak

- balonSlovenian

- balonSerbian

- ballongSwedish

- ลูกโป่ง; ลูกบอลลูนThai

- balonTurkish

- 氣球Chinese (Trad.)

- повітряна куляUkrainian

- غبارہUrdu

- kinh khí cầuVietnamese

- 气球Chinese (Simp.)

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