balloon
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1.0
- noun
- /bəˈluːn/
- The children cheered as the balloon floated high into the sky during the festival.
- hot air balloon
- balloons stay aloft
- weather balloon
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- You don't need an impossible to control balloon to spy on anything.
- Indeed, there was this Chinese spy balloon that was shut down.
- Opposite of heat leaving that balloon would be heat going back into the balloon.
- Obviously we shot down their their darn spy drone spy balloon over the weekend.
- So as we were turning it down, those balloons were talking to each other using lasers.
Examples
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She carried a bright red balloon decorated with colorful patterns to the birthday party.
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The clown handed me the bouquet of balloons, then started playing "Happy Birthday" on a harmonica.
Fiction book (1995) -
OK, So the volume of the balloon starts like this.
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But if you have these air currents, the balloon will rise.
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Balloon travel finally coming back into fashion.
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When we launch the balloon, we're tracking the balloon using some radio trackers.
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Hot air balloons are lighter than air and that's why they fly.
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Overnight the balloon burst.
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Quinn released the bouquet of helium balloons he was carrying and held out the six-pack of beer.
Fiction book (1995) -
Before the party started, we filled the balloon with helium to make it hover above the table.
Synonyms
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3.1
A large bag filled with hot air that lifts people in a basket
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8.1
A flying machine like a balloon or airship that floats using a light gas
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5.9
An aircraft that floats because it is lighter than the air, like a balloon or airship
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6.5
A balloon released to test wind and air conditions
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9.6
A balloon with a tail that keeps it facing the wind
A small balloon released to find wind direction and speed high in the sky
Compounds
- Archaic
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8.5
A large balloon tied to the ground with cables to keep low enemy planes away in war
- Specialized
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4.6
A small balloon that rises high into the sky to collect weather data
- Informal
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8.9
A feeling that your head is swollen and full with pressure and discomfort
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9.5
A plant that lives for many years with white to pink puffed flowers in long clusters on upright stems
- Archaic
A rounded chair seat that looks like a small puffed cushion on 18th century chairs
- Specialized
A small balloon released to find wind direction and speed high in the sky
- Archaic
A long thin bag filled with air used to fly above and watch, often in war
How Big
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Balloon comes from the French word ballon, which meant a 'large ball' and is like our English ball. People named the flying bags after a big round ball, which is why a hot-air balloon is a large bag that rises and floats like a round object in the sky.