Balloon word meaning and definition

[noun] large tough non-rigid bag filled with gas or hot air
[noun] small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
[verb] become inflated; "The sails ballooned"
[verb] ride in a hot air 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. 2. (Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.] 3. (Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form. 4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.] 5. A game played with a large inflated ball. [Obs.] 6. (Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. {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.
\Bal*loon"\, v. t. 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.

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