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Definitions for Balloon

[1] 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.
[2] 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.
[3] (in drawings, cartoons, etc.) a balloon-shaped outline enclosing words represented as issuing from the mouth of the speaker.
[4] an ornamental ball at the top of a pillar, pier, or the like.
[5] a large, globular wineglass.
[6] Chemistry Now Rare . a round-bottomed flask.
[7] to go up or ride in a balloon.
[8] to swell or puff out like a balloon.
[9] to multiply or increase at a rapid rate: Membership has ballooned beyond all expectations.
[10] to fill with air; inflate or distend (something) like a balloon.
[11] puffed out like a balloon: balloon sleeves.
[12] Finance . (of a loan, mortgage, or the like) having a payment at the end of the term that is much bigger than previous ones.
[13] an inflatable rubber bag of various sizes, shapes, and colours: usually used as a plaything or party decoration
[14] 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 See also barrage balloon, hot-air balloon
[15] a circular or elliptical figure containing the words or thoughts of a character in a cartoon
[16] British a kick or stroke that propels a ball high into the air (as modifier ) a balloon shot
[17] chem a round-bottomed flask
[18] a large rounded brandy glass
[19] commerce a large sum paid as an irregular instalment of a loan repayment (as modifier ) a balloon loan
[20] surgery an inflatable plastic tube used for dilating obstructed blood vessels or parts of the alimentary canal (as modifier ) balloon angioplasty
[21] go down like a lead balloon informal to be completely unsuccessful or unpopular
[22] when the balloon goes up informal when the trouble or action begins
[23] (intr) to go up or fly in a balloon
[24] (intr) to increase or expand significantly and rapidly losses ballooned to £278 million
[25] to inflate or be inflated; distend; swell the wind ballooned the sails
[26] (tr) British to propel (a ball) high into the air

Words related to Balloon

blimp, swell, inflate, enlarge, expand, dirigible, bladder, airship, zeppelin, distend, bulge, belly, dilate

Words nearby Balloon

ballocks, ballon, ballon d'essai, ballonet, ballonné, balloon, balloon angioplasty, balloon barrage, balloon chuck, balloon clock, balloon frame

Origin of Balloon

1570–80; < Upper Italian ballone, equivalent to ball(a ) (< Langobardic; see ball1) + -one augmentative suffix; or < Middle French ballon < Upper Italian

Other words from Balloon

bal·loon·like , adjective

Word origin for Balloon

C16 (in the sense: ball, ball game): from Italian dialect ballone , from balla , of Germanic origin; compare Old High German balla ball 1

Synonyms for Balloon

blimp, airship, bladder, dirigible, zeppelin