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[ UK /bəlˈuːn/ ]
[ US /bəˈɫun/ ]
NOUN
  1. small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
  2. large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
VERB
  1. ride in a hot-air balloon
    He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China
  2. 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.
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