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ballooning
bal·loon B0045300 (bə-lo͞on′)n.1. a. A flexible bag designed to be inflated with hot air or with a gas, such as helium, that is lighter than the surrounding air, causing it to rise and float in the atmosphere.b. Such a bag with sufficient capacity to lift and transport a suspended gondola or other load.c. Such a bag shaped like a figure or object when inflated; an inflatable.2. A usually round or oblong inflatable rubber bag used as a toy or decoration.3. Medicine An inflatable device that is inserted into a body cavity or structure and distended with air or gas for therapeutic purposes, such as angioplasty.4. a. See speech bubble.b. See thought bubble.5. A balloon payment.v. bal·looned, bal·loon·ing, bal·loons v.intr.1. To ascend or ride in a balloon.2. To expand or swell out like a balloon. See Synonyms at bulge.3. To increase or rise quickly: expenses ballooning out of control.v.tr. To cause to expand by or as if by inflating: unforeseen expenditures that ballooned the deficit.adj. Suggestive of a balloon, as in shape: balloon curtains.
[French ballon, from Italian dialectal ballone, augmentative of balla, ball, of Germanic origin; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]
bal·loon′ist n.ballooningthe art and science of operating balloons for sport or air travel. Also balloonry.See also: AviationThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  ballooning - flying in a balloon flying, flight - an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" |
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BallooningSee also Aviation.Balloon Hoax, The1844 news story falsely reports that eight men have crossed the Atlantic in a balloon. [Am. Lit.: The Balloon Hoax in Poe]Ferguson, Samuelembarks with two others on air-borne journey over Africa. [Fr. Lit.: Five Weeks in a Balloon]Wizard of Ozreaches and departs from Oz in circus balloon. [Children’s Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]ballooning
ballooning A descriptive term for the biconcave compression of the end-plate of a vertebral body caused by increased pressure in the intervertebral discs, usually in the lumbar spine, which may be seen in osteoporosis.ballooning Imaging A term for the biconcave compression of the end-plate of a vertebral body, caused by ↑ pressure in the intervertebral discs, usually in the lumbar spine, which may be seen in osteoporosis. Cf Fish vertebrae. FinancialSeeBalloonballooning
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