2syllables
balloon
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Definitions ofballoon
1noun
- An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
- Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
- Such an object designed to transport people through the air.
- A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
- A speech bubble.
- A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
- A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
Example: "the balloon of St. Paul's Cathedral in London"
- A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
- A bomb or shell.
- A game played with a large inflated ball.
- (engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
- A woman's breast.
- A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
1verb
- To increase or expand rapidly.
Example: "His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal."
- To go up or voyage in a balloon.
- To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
- To inflate like a balloon.
- To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
1noun
- An unusually large payment due at the end of the term of a loan agreement.
Synonyms: "lump sum"
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