ALL meanings of balloon
bal·loon
B b - countable noun balloon A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations. 3
- countable noun balloon A balloon is a large, strong bag filled with gas or hot air, which can carry passengers in a container that hangs underneath it. 3
- verb balloon When something balloons, it increases rapidly in amount. 3
- noun balloon an inflatable rubber bag of various sizes, shapes, and colours: usually used as a plaything or party decoration 3
- noun balloon a large impermeable bag inflated with a lighter-than-air gas, designed to rise and float in the atmosphere. It may have a basket or gondola for carrying passengers, etc 3
- noun balloon a circular or elliptical figure containing the words or thoughts of a character in a cartoon 3
- noun balloon a kick or stroke that propels a ball high into the air 3
- noun balloon (as modifier) 3
- noun balloon a round-bottomed flask 3
- noun balloon a large rounded brandy glass 3
- noun balloon a large sum paid as an irregular instalment of a loan repayment 3
- noun balloon an inflatable plastic tube used for dilating obstructed blood vessels or parts of the alimentary canal 3
- verb balloon to go up or fly in a balloon 3
- verb balloon to increase or expand significantly and rapidly 3
- verb balloon to inflate or be inflated; distend; swell 3
- verb balloon to propel (a ball) high into the air 3
- noun balloon an airtight bag that rises and floats above the earth when filled with hot air or a gas lighter than air, such as hydrogen or helium 3
- noun balloon a bag of this sort with an attached car or gondola for carrying passengers or instruments 3
- noun balloon a small rubber bag inflated for use chiefly as a toy or decoration 3
- noun balloon the outline enclosing the words or thoughts of a character in a cartoon, as in comic strips 3
- noun balloon an installment loan, mortgage loan, etc. allowing small, regular payments during the term of the loan, but having a large, final payment 3
- noun balloon the final payment 3
- verb transitive balloon to cause to swell like a balloon; inflate 3
- intransitive verb balloon to ride in a balloon 3
- intransitive verb balloon to swell; expand 3
- intransitive verb balloon to fall due as a balloon payment 3
- adjective balloon of or having to do with a balloon or balloons 3
- adjective balloon like a balloon; round and soft, inflatable, etc. 3
- noun balloon inflatable toy on a string 1
- noun balloon hot-air balloon 1
- intransitive verb balloon grow exponentially 1
- intransitive verb balloon money, debt: grow 1
- intransitive verb balloon sb: put on weight 1
- noun balloon flask 1
- noun balloon glass for brandy 1
- noun balloon kick: a ball 1
- noun balloon device to dilate blood vessels 1
- noun balloon comic: thought, speech bubble 1
- noun balloon surgery: inflating, dilating an opening 1
- intransitive verb balloon fly in hot-air balloon 1
- noun balloon a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter-than-air gas and used as a children's plaything or as a decoration. 1
- noun balloon a bag made of a light material, as silk or plastic, filled with heated air or a gas lighter than air, designed to rise and float in the atmosphere and often having a car or gondola attached below for carrying passengers or scientific instruments. 1
- noun balloon (in drawings, cartoons, etc.) a balloon-shaped outline enclosing words represented as issuing from the mouth of the speaker. 1
- noun balloon an ornamental ball at the top of a pillar, pier, or the like. 1
- noun balloon a large, globular wineglass. 1
- noun balloon Chemistry Now Rare. a round-bottomed flask. 1
- verb without object balloon to go up or ride in a balloon. 1
- verb without object balloon to swell or puff out like a balloon. 1
- verb without object balloon to multiply or increase at a rapid rate: Membership has ballooned beyond all expectations. 1
- verb with object balloon to fill with air; inflate or distend (something) like a balloon. 1