Definitions for ballooning
bal·loon·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ballooningnoun

   flying in a balloon

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ballooningnoun

   the sport or hobby of flying in a balloon

   When he retired, he took up ballooning.

2. ballooningadjective

   growing rapidly as a balloon

   The ballooning economy was out of control.

3. ballooningadjective

   rising high in the air

   The cricketer hit a ballooning shot for six runs.

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1. ballooning

   Ballooning, as a noun, mainly refers to the activity of traveling or floating in the air using a large fabric envelope filled with hot air or gas lighter than air. It can also refer to the act of inflating or swelling up like a balloon. Moreover, in the field of biology, it is a behavior in spiders involving dispersal by climbing to a high point and releasing silk threads to be carried away by the wind.

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1. Ballooningnoun

   the art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them

2. Ballooningnoun

   the process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales

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1. Ballooning

   Ballooning is a term used for the mechanical kiting that many spiders, especially small species, as well as certain mites and some caterpillars use to disperse through the air. Many small spiders use gossamer or especially fine silk to lift themselves off a surface or use the silk as an anchor in mid air. The very fine silk used for ballooning has been called "gossamer" since 1325 and was not originally known to be produced by spiders; by extension, the same word is used metaphorically for any exceedingly fine thread or fabric. Biologists also apply the term "balloon silk" to the threads that mechanically lift and drag systems. A spider or spiderling after hatching will climb as high as it can. The spider then stands on raised legs with its abdomen pointed upwards. This is known as "tiptoeing". After that, it starts releasing several silk threads from its abdomen into the air, which automatically form a triangular shaped parachute. The spider can then let itself be carried away by updrafts of winds, where even the slightest of breeze will do. Most rides will end a few meters later, or a spider can be taken up into a jet stream, which depends on its mass, posture, the convection air current, drag of silk and parachute to float and travel high up into the upper atmosphere.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ballooning in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ballooning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of ballooning in a Sentence

1. Steny Hoyer:

   After ballooning deficits to over a trillion dollars a year for the next decade ... Republicans cannot be taken seriously when they claim we need to cut $15 billion from key programs in the name of fiscal responsibility.

2. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

   Has the alarming rate of inflation caused the Navy to consider ballooning the rating known as 'Quartermaster'?

3. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg:

   The ability to be' present' anywhere will also help us address some of the biggest social issues of our day — like ballooning housing costs and inequality of opportunity by geography, today, many people feel like they have to move to cities because that's where the jobs are... Imagine if you could live anywhere you chose and access any job anywhere else. If we deliver on what we're building, this should be much closer to reality by 2030.

4. Jeff Denham:

   Since then, the project has been scaled back dramatically by lopping off the Sacramento and San Diego segments while ballooning the estimated cost from $77 billion to $98 billion.

5. Karen Goll:

   Far too often, Congressional travel budgets are treated like personal slush funds by lawmakers, while some travel expenses are necessary to serve constituents, ballooning travel budgets show the need for better disclosures. For instance, detail of where, when, and what purpose lawmakers use taxpayer money to travel outside of their districts ought to be disclosed.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ballooning
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ballooning
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballooning
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ballooning