balloon

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: inflatebillow

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
  2. small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck

Verb (2)

  1. ride in a hot-air balloon“He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China”
  2. become inflated“The sails ballooned”Synonyms: inflatebillow
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Balloon \Bal*loon"\, v. t. To take up in, or as if in, a balloon. [1913 Webster]
Balloon \Bal*loon"\, v. i.

1.To go up or voyage in a balloon. [1913 Webster]

2.To expand, or puff out, like a balloon. [1913 Webster]

Balloon \Bal*loon"\, n. [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 a["e]rial navigation. [1913 Webster]

2.(Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.] [1913 Webster]

3.(Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form. [1913 Webster]

4.(Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

5.A game played with a large inflated ball. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

6.(Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. [1913 Webster]

Air balloon, a balloon for a["e]rial 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. [1913 Webster]

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