balloon has definitions from the field of transportation
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[ noun ] (transportation) large tough non-rigid bag filled with gas or hot air

Used in print

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

`` I paint the nothing '' , he said once to Franz_Kline and myself , `` the nothing that_is behind the something , the inexpressible , unpaintable ' tick ' in the unconscious , the ' spirit ' of the moment resting forever , suspended like a huge balloon , in non time '' .

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[ noun ] small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck

Used in print

(Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)

These droplets are distorted by the normal forces just as a balloon would be pulled or pressed out of shape in one 's hands .

Related terms

plaything

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[ verb ] (transportation) ride in a hot-air balloon

Examples

"He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China"

Related terms

fly balloonist

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[ verb ] become inflated

Synonyms

billow inflate

Examples

"The sails ballooned"

Related terms

expand reflate inflation

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