[
UK
/bəlˈuːn/
]
[ US /bəˈɫun/ ]
[ US /bəˈɫun/ ]
NOUN
- small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
- large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
VERB
-
ride in a hot-air balloon
He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China -
become inflated
The sails ballooned
How To Use balloon In A Sentence
- deflate a balloon
- The country's capital stock ballooned to reach a level that the economy could not support.
- Veracruz City's Plaza de Armas or zócalo is alive with smiling people and food, chotchke and balloon vendors. There's a lot to see and do in Veracruz, Mexico
- All through the service balloons ascended, but when it was over 1/3 of the balloons were unreleased.
- I look up, and stuck on any available space on the lighting grid are giant nets filled with balloons.
- The ballooning cost to taxpayers of retirement benefits for public sector employees has forced the Conservatives to promise action. Times, Sunday Times
- The air in the balloon expands when heated.
- Weather balloons measure pressure, temperature, humidity and air speed. Times, Sunday Times
- Fireworks and the nightglow created by tethered balloons happen after sunset. Times, Sunday Times
- Then members of the mandirs or businesses sponsoring the floats personalized them with balloons and garlands.