What does balloon mean?
Definitions for balloon
bəˈlunbal·loon
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word balloon.
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"
Wiktionary
balloon(Noun)
An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
Etymology: 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.
balloon(Noun)
Such an object as a child's toy.
Etymology: 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.
balloon(Noun)
Such an object designed to transport people through the air.
Etymology: 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.
balloon(Noun)
A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
Etymology: 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.
balloon(Noun)
A speech bubble.
Etymology: 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.
balloon(Noun)
A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
Etymology: 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.
balloon(Verb)
To increase or expand rapidly.
Etymology: 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.
balloon(Verb)
To go up or voyage in a balloon.
Etymology: 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
Freebase
Balloon
A balloon is a flexible bag which can be inflated with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, or air. Modern balloons are made from materials such as rubber, latex, polychloroprene, or a nylon fabric, while some early balloons were made of dried animal bladders, such as the pig bladder. Some balloons are used for decorative purposes, while others are used for practical purposes such as meteorology, medical treatment, military defense, or transportation. A balloon's properties, including its low density and low cost, have led to a wide range of applications. The rubber balloon was invented by Michael Faraday in 1824, during the course of experiments with various gases.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Balloon
bal-lōōn′, n. an inflated air-tight envelope of paper or silk, constructed to float in the air and carry a considerable weight when filled with heated air or light gas: anything inflated, empty: (obs.) a game played with a large inflated ball.—v.i. to ascend in a balloon: to puff out like a balloon.—n. Balloon′ist, an aeronaut. [It. ballone, augmentative of balla, ball.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
balloon
A bag or hollow vessel, made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; called for distinction an air-balloon. Balloons were used extensively as a means of observation during the American civil war, 1861-65, and in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870.
Rap Dictionary
balloon(noun)
Heroin supplier or dealer.
balloon(noun)
A penny balloon that contains narcotics.
balloon(noun)
Slang for condom.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'balloon' in Nouns Frequency: #2963
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of balloon in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of balloon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of balloon in a Sentence
Here is an artificial city which has been pumped up under forced draught, inflated like a balloon, stuffed with rural humanity like a goose with corn...endeavoring to eat up this too rapid avalanche of anthropoids, the sunshine metropolis heaves and strains, sweats and becomes pop-eyed, like a young boa constrictor trying to swallow a goat. It has never imparted an urban character to its incoming population for the simple reason that it has never had any character to impart. On the other hand, the place has the manners, culture and general outlook of a huge country village.
Imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon — that which raises it from the earth.
I just feel crushed. I don't know how else to explain it, it's like, there's got to be more. ... We had inflated Mueller into this giant balloon and now it's like all the air has come out and I don't know how I feel. I just, I just feel deflated and defeated.
They might be using the high-profile nature of the proceeding to continue to build a narrative in the court of public opinion, the defense could have information that we haven't heard yet that they want to play out in sort of a trial balloon sense. What would the public reaction be to new information about motive and so forth?
The more newer approach is an endovascular approach using an angiogram. They go into the balloon itself and fill the balloon with small coil so blood can’t go into the balloon, and therefore the aneurysm deflates.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for balloon
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- ballongAfrikaans
- منطاد, بالونArabic
- şar, balonAzerbaijani
- балон, издувам се, аеростатBulgarian
- globus, balóCatalan, Valencian
- balónCzech
- balŵnWelsh
- ballon, luftballonDanish
- Ballon, Heißluftballon, LuftballonGerman
- αερόστατο, μπαλόνιGreek
- balonoEsperanto
- globoSpanish
- õhupall, kuumaõhupallEstonian
- puxika, globoBasque
- پوقانه, بالون, بادکنکPersian
- laajeta, kuumailmapallo, pullistua, vappupallo, kasvaa, ilmapalloFinnish
- montgolfière, ballon, ballon gonflable, ballon de baudruche, ballon en baudrucheFrench
- balânHausa
- בָּלוֹןHebrew
- गुब्बाराHindi
- boulHaitian Creole
- lufi, hőlégballon, léggömbHungarian
- փուչիկ, օդապարիկArmenian
- balon, balon udaraIndonesian
- balonoIdo
- blaðra, loftbelgurIcelandic
- palloncinoItalian
- 気球, 風船, バルーンJapanese
- ჰაერბურთი, აეროსტატიGeorgian
- ballonngiKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ಗಾಳಿಚೆಂಡುKannada
- 氣球, 기구Korean
- pifdank, balon, بالۆنKurdish
- balonus, BalloonLatin
- oro balionas, balionasLithuanian
- balons, gaisa balonsLatvian
- poihauMāori
- агаарын бємбєлєгMongolian
- फुगाMarathi
- gelembungan, gelembung, belonMalay
- ballon, luchtballonDutch
- ballong, luftskip, luftballongNorwegian
- balonPolish
- bexiga, balãoPortuguese
- balonRomanian
- воздушный шар, баллон, аэростат, шарикRussian
- balonë, aerostatAlbanian
- ballong, luftballongSwedish
- mabofu, putoSwahili
- ஊதுபைTamil
- గాలిబుడగTelugu
- โคมลอยThai
- howa sharyTurkmen
- balun, loboTagalog
- balonTurkish
- балонUkrainian
- bóngVietnamese
- bälun, lutabälunVolapük
- naawWolof
- באַלאָןYiddish
- ipaloni, ibhaloniZulu
Get even more translations for balloon »
Translation
Find a translation for the balloon definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"balloon." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2021. Web. 8 Mar. 2021. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/balloon>.