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Word: Balloon
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century (originally denoting a game played with a large inflated leather ball): from French ballon or Italian ballone ‘large ball’
bəˈluːn
a small coloured rubber bag that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration
Short Definition:small inflated rubber bag
Examples:- the room was festooned with balloons and streamers
- his derision pricked the fragile balloon of her vanity
a large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air, typically one carrying a basket for passengers
Short Definition:large bag filled with hot air or gas
Examples:- he set his sights on crossing the Pacific by balloon
a rounded outline in which the words or thoughts of characters in a comic strip or cartoon are written
Short Definition:rounded outline containing words of characters
Examples:- a balloon reading ‘Ka-Pow!’
a large rounded drinking glass, used especially for brandy
Short Definition:large rounded drinking glass
Examples:- a balloon of armagnac
a stupid person.
Short Definition:stupid person
Word: Balloon
Speech Type: Verb
bəˈluːn
swell out in a spherical shape
Short Definition:swell out in spherical shape
Examples:- the trousers ballooned out below his waist
(with reference to a ball) lob or be lobbed high in the air
Short Definition:(of ball) lob or be lobbed high in air
Examples:- the ball ballooned into the air
travel by hot-air balloon
Short Definition:travel by hot-air balloon
Examples:- he is famous for ballooning across oceans
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