balloon
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
architecture
arts
aviation
business
chemistry
crafts
engineering
engraving
finance
hobbies
lifestyle
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
sports
Etymology: First use appears c. 1591, "a game played with a large, inflated leather ball" (possibly via Middle French ballon) from Italian pallone (“large ball”) from palla (“ball”), from Lombardic *palla. The Northern Italian form, balla (“ball-shaped bundle”), today a doublet, likely derived from Old French balle, from Frankish *balla (“ball”), and may have influenced the spelling of this word. Both Germanic words are from Proto-Germanic *ballô (“ball”), *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”). Akin to Old High German ballo, bal (“ball”), (German Ballen (“bale”); Ball "ball"). Doublet of ballon. More at ball.
Inflected forms:
form: balloons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: balloons
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ballooning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ballooned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ballooned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
pos: noun
gloss: Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
pos: noun
gloss: Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
pos: noun
examples: We immediately threw out all the little things we had with us, ſuch as biſcuits, apples, &c. and after that one of our oars or wings; but ſtill deſcending, we caſt away the other wing, and then the governail ; having likewiſe had the precaution, for fear of accidents, while the Balloon was filling, partly to looſen and make it go eaſy, I now ſucceeded in attempting to reach without the Car, and unſcrewing the moulinet, with all its apparatus; I likewiſe caſt that into the ſea.
gloss: A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
pos: noun
gloss: A speech bubble.
pos: noun
gloss: A wide rounded glass with a stem and foot, used for wine, brandy, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
pos: noun
examples: the balloon of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London
gloss: A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
pos: noun
gloss: A bomb or shell.
pos: noun
gloss: A game played with a large inflated ball.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
pos: noun
gloss: A woman's breast.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: And all I had to do in return was take a drive up to Ricardo's place on the way home and then a pretty edgy one back to Rondebosch with a balloon of coke sandwiched between two pairs of underpants.
gloss: Synonym of balloon payment.
pos: noun
examples: The purpose of the balloon is to reduce the periodic payment required during the life of the financing period.
gloss: To increase or expand rapidly.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal.
Prices will balloon if we don't act quickly.
For the franchise’s ballooning, unmanageable cast of mutants, picking sides now seems to have less to do with choosing between cooperation (which the recent movies implicitly distrust) and resistance, and more with whichever flashback-prone white dude’s overbearing savior complex works for you.
ScotRail has long been run at a significant subsidy, with only the Edinburgh-Glasgow express line making a profit from fares, but government support has ballooned since the start of the pandemic.
gloss: To go up or voyage in a balloon.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To inflate like a balloon.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A puff of wind from the open door caught and ballooned the scanties; off they sailed, out the window billowing into freedom.
gloss: To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: After four minutes, leading goalscorer Haworth slid in but ballooned the ball over from six yards, and Hume then outran the defence to get to the by-line, but he could only hit his cross straight out.
gloss: Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
pos: verb
examples: The plane ballooned into the air about 20 feet, banging down again for another good-sized hop.
Related words: airship
ball
ballonet
blimp
dirigible
gondola
zeppelin
Derived words: anger balloon
antiballoon
antiballooner
balloonacy
balloon animal
balloon apron
balloon arch
balloon artist
balloonatic
balloon-back
balloon back
balloon barrage
balloon berry
balloon buster
balloon carrier
balloon clock
balloon club
balloon column
balloon debate
balloon dog
balloon drop
ballooner
balloonfish
balloon flower
balloon frame
balloonful
balloon goes up
balloon head
ballooning
balloonish
balloonism
balloonist
balloon juice
balloon knot
balloonless
balloonlike
balloon loop
balloon mail
balloon modelling
balloon net
balloon payment
balloon plant
balloon release
balloonry
balloon sail
balloon sinuplasty
balloon stick
balloon syndrome
balloon tender
balloon tire
balloon tyre
balloon vine
balloony
ballute
barrage balloon
chimney balloon
cryoballoon
dialog balloon
dialogue balloon
fire balloon
gas balloon
gastric balloon
go down like a lead balloon
go over as well as a lead balloon
go over like a lead balloon
hot air balloon
hot-air balloon
intraballoon
intragastric balloon
kytoon
lead balloon
maledicta balloon
memory balloon
microballoon
nanoballoon
noon balloon
observation balloon
pilot balloon
pop someone's balloon
rockoon
sausage balloon
scout balloon
semirigid balloon
sounding balloon
speech balloon
stomach balloon
thought balloon
trial balloon
trial-balloon
twisting balloon
vacuum balloon
water balloon
weather balloon
when the balloon goes up
word balloon
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