balloon (redirected from Baloon)

bal·loon  (b-ln)

n.

1.

a. A flexible bag designed to be inflated with hot air or with a gas, such as helium, that is lighter than the surrounding air, causing it to rise and float in the atmosphere.

b. Such a bag with sufficient capacity to lift and transport a suspended gondola or other load.

c. Such a bag shaped like a figure or object when inflated; an inflatable.

2. A usually round or oblong inflatable rubber bag used as a toy.

3. Medicine A sac that is inserted into a body cavity or tube and distended with air or gas for therapeutic purposes, such as angioplasty.

4. A rounded or irregularly shaped outline containing the words that a character in a cartoon is represented to be saying.

v. bal·looned, bal·loon·ing, bal·loons

v.intr.

1. To ascend or ride in a balloon.

2. To expand or swell out like a balloon. See Synonyms at bulge.

3. To increase or rise quickly.

v.tr.

To cause to expand by or as if by inflating.

adj.

Suggestive of a balloon, as in shape: balloon curtains.

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[French ballon, from Italian dialectal ballone, augmentative of balla, ball, of Germanic origin; see bhel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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bal·loonist n.

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balloon [bəˈluːn]

n

1. an inflatable rubber bag of various sizes, shapes, and colours: usually used as a plaything or party decoration

2. (Engineering / Aeronautics) 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

3. a circular or elliptical figure containing the words or thoughts of a character in a cartoon

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Ball Games, other than specified) Brit

a.  a kick or stroke that propels a ball high into the air

b.  (as modifier) a balloon shot

5. (Chemistry) Chem a round-bottomed flask

6. a large rounded brandy glass

7. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) Commerce

a.  a large sum paid as an irregular instalment of a loan repayment

b.  (as modifier) a balloon loan

8. (Medicine / Surgery) Surgery

a.  an inflatable plastic tube used for dilating obstructed blood vessels or parts of the alimentary canal

b.  (as modifier) balloon angioplasty

go down like a lead balloon Informal to be completely unsuccessful or unpopular

when the balloon goes up Informal when the trouble or action begins

vb

1. (Engineering / Aeronautics) (intr) to go up or fly in a balloon

2. (intr) to increase or expand significantly and rapidly losses ballooned to £278 million

3. to inflate or be inflated; distend; swell the wind ballooned the sails

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Ball Games, other than specified) (tr) Brit to propel (a ball) high into the air

[C16 (in the sense: ball, ball game): from Italian dialect ballone, from balla, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German balla ball¹]

ballooning  n

balloonist  n

balloon-like  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	balloon - large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air gasbag, envelope - the bag containing the gas in a balloon hot-air balloon - balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air lighter-than-air craft - aircraft supported by its own buoyancy meteorological balloon - a small unmanned balloon set aloft to observe atmospheric conditions ripcord - a cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend trial balloon - a balloon sent up to test air currents
	2.	balloon - small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck plaything, toy - an artifact designed to be played with
Verb	1.	balloon - ride in a hot-air balloon; "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China" aviate, pilot, fly - operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba"
	2.	balloon - become inflated; "The sails ballooned" billow, inflate reflate - become inflated again expand - become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"

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balloon

noun

airship, hot-air balloon, Montgolfier, weather balloon the first to attempt to circle the Earth non-stop by balloon

verb

expand, rise, increase, extend, swell, mushroom, blow up, enlarge, inflate, bulge, billow, dilate, be inflated, puff out, become larger, distend, bloat, grow rapidly The budget deficit has ballooned to $25 million. Her weight ballooned from 8 stone to 11 stone.

Translations

balloon [bəˈluːn]

A. N → globo m; (in cartoons) → bocadillo m
then the balloon went up → luego se armó la gorda
to go down like a lead balloon that went down like a lead balloon → eso cayó muy mal, eso cayo fatal

B. VI

1. [injury] → hincharse(como un tomate)

2. (also to balloon out) [sail] → hincharse como un globo; [skirt] → inflarse

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balloon [bəˈluːn]

n

(blow-up) → ballon m

(also hot-air balloon) → montgolfière f, ballon m

(in comic strip) → bulle f

modif (in hot-air balloon) [flight] → en montgolfière; [race] → de montgolfières

vi

(= increase) [deficit, debt, losses] → considérablement augmenter

(= get fatter) [person] (in size) → considérablement grossir; [weight] → considérablement augmenter

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balloon

n

(Aviat) → (Frei)ballon m; (toy) → (Luft)ballon m; (Met) → (Wetter)ballon m; the balloon went up (fig inf) → da ist die Bombe geplatzt (inf); that went down like a lead balloon (inf) → das kam überhaupt nicht an

(in cartoons) → Sprechblase f

(Chem: also balloon flask) → (Rund)kolben m

vi

to go ballooning → auf Ballonfahrt gehen

(= swell out) → sich blähen

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balloon [bəˈluːn]

1. n (toy) → palloncino (Aer) → pallone m aerostatico, mongolfiera; (in comic strip) → fumetto

2. vi → gonfiarsi

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balloon

n balloon [bəˈluːn]

a large bag, made of light material and filled with a gas lighter than air They decorated the dance-hall with balloons. ballon بالون балон balon(ek) ballon der Luftballon μπαλόνι, αερόστατο globo õhupall بادکنک ilmapallo ballon בָּלוֹן गुब्बारा balon ballon balon blaðra mongolfiera 気球 기구 balionas balons belon ballon ballong balon balão balon воздушный шар balón balon balon ballong ลูกโป่ง; ลูกบอลลูน balon 氣球 повітряна куля غبارہ kinh khí cầu 气球

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balloon → بالون balón ballon Luftballon μπαλόνι globo ilmapallo ballon balon pallone aerostatico 風船 풍선 ballon ballong balon balão надувной шар ballong ลูกโป่ง balon bóng bay 气球