balloon
Meaning of balloon
noun
- a small coloured rubber bag which is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration.
the room was festooned with balloons and streamers
his derision pricked the fragile balloon of her vanity
- a large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air, typically one carrying a basket for passengers.
he set his sights on crossing the Pacific by balloon
- a rounded outline in which the words or thoughts of characters in a comic strip or cartoon are written.
a balloon reading ‘Ka-Pow!’
- a large rounded drinking glass, used especially for brandy.
a balloon of armagnac
- a stupid person.
- swell out in a spherical shape.
the trousers ballooned out below his waist
- (with reference to a ball) lob or be lobbed high in the air.
the ball ballooned into the air
- travel by hot-air balloon.
he is famous for ballooning across oceans
late 16th century (originally denoting a game played with a large inflated leather ball): from French ballon or Italian ballone ‘large ball’.
Information about balloon
- The plural form of balloon is: balloons.
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Hyphenation of balloon
bal-loon
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- balloon is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
balloon synonyms
Meaning inflate:
Meaning a power-driven aircraft that is kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium, formerly hydrogen) which is lighter than air:
Meaning an airship:
Meaning a large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century, long and cylindrical in shape and with a rigid framework. Zeppelins were used during the First World War for reconnaissance and bombing, and:
Meaning a flat paper container with a sealable flap, used to enclose a letter or document:
Meaning a person who talks excessively about trivial things:
Meaning a pompous, reactionary type of person:
Meaning (of clothes, especially trousers) form loose bulges due to wear:
Meaning swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside:
Meaning become or make larger or more extensive:
Meaning make or become wider, larger, or more open:
balloon antonyms
Meaning sink, subside, or bulge downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength:
Meaning (of a bird) move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly:
Translation of balloon
- French: montgolfière, aérostat, globe
- Italian: mongolfiera, aerostato, palloncino
- Spanish: aerostato, globo, balón
- Portuguese: balão
Words that rhyme with balloon
Loon, loon, Pantaloon, antisaloon, cataloon, pantaloon, puftaloon, saloon, zimbaloon, doubloon, chemiloon, Walloon, galloon, proballoon, semiballoon, shalloon, walloon, epiploon, pseudepiploon, Kowloon
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