balloons

Meaning of balloons

plural noun
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. a rounded outline in which the words or thoughts of characters in a comic strip or cartoon are written.
    a balloon reading ‘Ka-Pow!’
  4. a large rounded drinking glass, used especially for brandy.
    a balloon of armagnac
  5. a stupid person.
verb, 3rd person present
  1. swell out in a spherical shape.
    the trousers ballooned out below his waist
  2. (with reference to a ball) lob or be lobbed high in the air.
    the ball ballooned into the air
  3. 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 balloons

  • The singular form of balloons is: balloon.
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Hyphenation of balloons

bal-loons

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • balloons is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

balloons synonyms

Meaning a power-driven aircraft that is kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium, formerly hydrogen) which is lighter than air:

airship

Meaning an airship:

dirigible

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:

Zeppelin

Meaning a flat paper container with a sealable flap, used to enclose a letter or document:

envelope

Meaning a person who talks excessively about trivial things:

gasbag

Meaning a pompous, reactionary type of person:

blimp

Meaning (of clothes, especially trousers) form loose bulges due to wear:

bag

Meaning fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended:

inflate

Meaning swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside:

distend

Meaning become or make larger or more extensive:

expand

Meaning make or become wider, larger, or more open:

dilate

balloons antonyms

Meaning sink, subside, or bulge downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength:

sag

Meaning (of a bird) move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly:

flap

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