balloon - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'balloon' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Balloon

[ n.]

- 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.
- A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London.
- A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
- A bomb or shell.
- A game played with a large inflated ball.
- The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.

2 . Balloon

[ v. i.]

- To go up or voyage in a balloon.
- To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.

3 . Balloon

[ v. t.]

- To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.

Meaning of 'balloon' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . balloon

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- ride in a hot-air balloon

Example in sentence:

He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China

Meaning (2):
- become inflated

Example in sentence:

The sails ballooned

Nearby Words:

balaam balachong balaenoidea balance balance wheel balanceable balanced balancement balancer balancereef

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Balloon Payment
Balloon Payment is a large payment that may be charged at the end of a loan or lease.

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