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balloon
8 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural balloons
plural balloons
Learner's definition of BALLOON
[count]
1
: a thin usually rubber bag that becomes larger when it is filled with air or gas气球 — see also hot-air balloon, trial balloon
- I blew up a balloon but then it burst.我吹起一个气球，但之后它就爆了。
- brightly colored balloons and other party decorations各种颜色鲜艳的气球和其他派对装饰物
2
: a picture or space in a cartoon that contains words that are spoken or thought by a character（卡通画中的）文字气球框
go over like a lead balloon
(US) informal, of a joke, suggestion, etc. or British go down like a lead balloon : to fail completely（笑话、建议等）完全不起作用
- He told a joke about his mother-in-law and it went over like a lead balloon. [=no one laughed at the joke]他讲了个关于他岳母的笑话，可没有人觉得好笑。
- My suggestion went over like a lead balloon. [=no one liked my suggestion]我的建议完全不起作用。
2 balloon /bəˈluːn/ verb
balloons; ballooned; ballooning
2 balloon
/bəˈluːn/
verb
balloons; ballooned; ballooning
Learner's definition of BALLOON
[no object]
: to become bigger quickly猛增；飞涨
- Their credit card debt ballooned to more than $5,000.他们的信用卡欠款猛增到5000美元以上。
- His weight ballooned to 300 pounds. = He ballooned to 300 pounds.他的体重猛增到300磅。
- the ballooning costs of education不断攀升的教育成本
- ballooning weight不断增加的体重
plural balloons
1
: a nonporous bag of light material that can be inflated especially with air or gas: such as
a
: a bag that is filled with heated air or a gas lighter than air so as to rise and float in the atmosphere and that usually carries a suspended load (such as a gondola with passengers)
b
: an inflatable bag (as of rubber or plastic) usually used as a toy or for decoration
ballooned; ballooning; balloons
Phrases
go over like a lead balloon (US) or British go down like a lead balloon 
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun I blew up a balloon but then it burst. brightly colored balloons and other party decorations Verb Their credit card debt ballooned to more than $5,000. the ballooning costs of education
Recent Examples on the Web
USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022 Let everything dry, then pop the balloon and remove it. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2022 According to the press release, Brown swallowed the balloon and later died at the hospital. Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022 So, people are jumping out of the balloon on their own. Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2022 All of the air came out of the balloon moments later, as an FC Dallas corner took an unlucky bounce off Diego Chara and in to permanently tie the match, 1-1, on a wild night in Major League Soccer. oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2022 The space balloon will ascend at 12 mph and have a two-hour descent that culminates in an ocean splashdown and boat retrieval off the coast of Florida. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 27 July 2022 The spaceship is all reusable, except for the material which makes up the skin of the balloon -- this will be retrieved by the team at the end of each flight and recycled. Maureen O'hare, CNN, 27 July 2022 Somebody buys them and then resells them for amounts of balloon to thousands and thousand dollars. Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 July 2022 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2022 Nikolas Lanum, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2022 All of these travel delays and cancelations are likely to balloon costs. Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 13 July 2022 The East County’s sewage recycling project has also faced the fears that its current $950 million cost estimate could balloon thanks to a dispute with the city of San Diego. Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 The government's own estimates suggested this burden could potentially balloon to over $12.5 billion without corrective action. Baker Institute, Forbes, 1 June 2022 The state government’s surplus is expected to balloon to $97.5 billion by next summer under the budget plan recently unveiled by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022 By 2040, those totals are expected to balloon to 135,300 vehicles on summer weekends and 84,300 vehicles on non-summer weekends. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022 The delays have helped balloon the pipeline’s cost from the original estimate of $3.5 billion to $6.6 billion. Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 8 Aug. 2022 His films can take more than a decade to complete and one to two years to edit, with budgets that can balloon to $30 million, as was the case with Burns’ 2017 series on the Vietnam War. Brent Lang, Variety, 17 Feb. 2022 See More
Noun
The Wolfpack may not have to wait long for the air to come out of the balloon. USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022 Let everything dry, then pop the balloon and remove it. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2022 According to the press release, Brown swallowed the balloon and later died at the hospital. Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022 So, people are jumping out of the balloon on their own. Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2022 All of the air came out of the balloon moments later, as an FC Dallas corner took an unlucky bounce off Diego Chara and in to permanently tie the match, 1-1, on a wild night in Major League Soccer. oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2022 The space balloon will ascend at 12 mph and have a two-hour descent that culminates in an ocean splashdown and boat retrieval off the coast of Florida. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 27 July 2022 The spaceship is all reusable, except for the material which makes up the skin of the balloon -- this will be retrieved by the team at the end of each flight and recycled. Maureen O'hare, CNN, 27 July 2022 Somebody buys them and then resells them for amounts of balloon to thousands and thousand dollars. Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 July 2022 Adjective
Such releases have been banned in a handful of states and cities, according to the anti-balloon release organization called Balloons Blow. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2022 Verb
The cost is likely to balloon if stretched out across a longer period of time. Nikolas Lanum, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2022 All of these travel delays and cancelations are likely to balloon costs. Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 13 July 2022 The East County’s sewage recycling project has also faced the fears that its current $950 million cost estimate could balloon thanks to a dispute with the city of San Diego. Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 The government's own estimates suggested this burden could potentially balloon to over $12.5 billion without corrective action. Baker Institute, Forbes, 1 June 2022 The state government’s surplus is expected to balloon to $97.5 billion by next summer under the budget plan recently unveiled by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022 By 2040, those totals are expected to balloon to 135,300 vehicles on summer weekends and 84,300 vehicles on non-summer weekends. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022 The delays have helped balloon the pipeline’s cost from the original estimate of $3.5 billion to $6.6 billion. Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 8 Aug. 2022 His films can take more than a decade to complete and one to two years to edit, with budgets that can balloon to $30 million, as was the case with Burns’ 2017 series on the Vietnam War. Brent Lang, Variety, 17 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
French ballon large football, balloon, from Italian dialect ballone large football, augmentative of balla ball, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German balla ball — more at ball
First Known Use
Noun
1783, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1784, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of balloon was in 1783 Phrases Containing balloon
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