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.)