Noun
|
| balloon -
large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
|
|
|
lighter-than-air craft aircraft supported by its own buoyancy
|
|
|
gasbag,
envelope a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
|
|
|
hot-air balloon balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air
|
|
|
meteorological balloon a small unmanned balloon set aloft to observe atmospheric conditions
|
|
|
ripcord a cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent
|
| balloon -
small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
|
Verb
|
| balloon -
become inflated; "The sails ballooned"
|
|
|
inflate,
billow |
|
|
expand become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"
|
|
|
reflate become inflated again
|
| 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 change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage"
|
