BALLOONING
ballooning
(noun) flying in a balloon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
ballooning (not comparable)
Growing rapidly as a balloon.
Rising high in the air.
Noun
ballooning (countable and uncountable, plural balloonings)
The act of something that swells or expands.
The sport or hobby of flying in a balloon.
The mechanical kiting used by spiders, mites, caterpillars, etc. to travel through the air.
Verb
ballooning
present participle of balloon
Source: Wiktionary
Bal*loon"ing, n.
1. The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.
2. (Stock Exchange)
Definition: The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales. [U.S.]
BALLOON
Bal*loon", n. Etym: [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It. ballone. See 1st Ball, n., and cf. Pallone.]
1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aërial navigation.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.]
3. (Chem.)
Definition: A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
4. (Pyrotechnics)
Definition: A bomb or shell. [Obs.]
5. A game played with a large inf [Obs.]
6. (Engraving)
Definition: The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. Air balloon, a balloon for aërial navigation.
– Balloon frame (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber.
– Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.
Bal*loon", v. t.
Definition: To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
Bal*loon", v. i.
1. To go up or voyage in a balloon.
2. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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