Sekirov Dictionary

balloon

/bəˈluːn/

noun14

  1. a soft, light object that people blow up until it is round and firm, and that can rise in the air
  2. Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
  3. Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
  4. A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
  5. A speech bubble.
  6. The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
  7. Synonym of balloon payment.
  8. A wide rounded glass with a stem and foot, used for wine, brandy, etc.
  9. A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
  10. (slang) A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
  11. (slang) A woman's breast.
  12. A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
  13. A bomb or shell.
  14. (no longer used) A game played with a large inflated ball.

verb6

  1. To increase or expand rapidly.
  2. To inflate like a balloon.
  3. To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
  4. To go up or voyage in a balloon.
  5. To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
  6. Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
forms

ballooned · ballooning · balloons

Phrases with balloon

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