Balloons
bal·loon (bə-lōōn’) Pronunciation Key
n.
1. 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.
2. Such a bag with sufficient capacity to lift and transport a suspended gondola or other load.
3. Such a bag shaped like a figure or object when inflated; an inflatable.
4. A usually round or oblong inflatable rubber bag used as a toy.
5. Medicine A sac that is inserted into a body cavity or tube and distended with air or gas for therapeutic purposes, such as angioplasty.
6. A rounded or irregularly shaped outline containing the words that a character in a cartoon is represented to be saying.
7. Maaaammmmaaaa….
v. bal·looned, bal·loon·ing, bal·loons
