balloon

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: walloon, galloon, ballon, baloon, falloon

Antonyms: walloon, galloon, ballon, baloon, falloon

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Noun

1. An [[inflatable]] [[buoyant]] object, often (but not necessarily) [[round]] and [[flexible]].
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. {{lb|en|medicine}} A [[sac]] inserted into part of the [[body]] for [[therapeutic]] reasons; such as [[angioplasty]].
5. A [[speech bubble]].
6. A wide rounded [[glass]] with a stem and foot, used for [[wine]], [[brandy]], etc.
7. {{lb|en|architecture}} A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
8. {{lb|en|chemistry}} A [[round]] [[vessel]], usually with a short [[neck]], to hold or receive whatever is [[distill]]ed; a glass vessel of a [[spherical]] form.
9. {{lb|en|pyrotechnics}} A [[bomb]] or [[shell]].
10. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A game played with a large inflated ball.
11. {{lb|en|engraving}} The [[outline]] enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured [[figure]].
12. {{lb|en|slang}} A [[woman]]'s [[breast]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[increase]] or [[expand]] [[rapidly]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To go up or voyage in a balloon.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[inflate]] like a balloon.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|sports}} To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
6. {{lb|en|aviation}} Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.

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