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An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible. / Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration. / Such an object designed to transport people through the air.

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balloon

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Source Word

balloon

IPA(Pronunciation)

/bəˈluːn/

Noun

obsolete slang

An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible. / Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration. / Such an object designed to transport people through the air.

Japanese Meaning

空気やガスを注入して膨らませ、浮力を得る物体。通常は丸く、柔らかい素材で作られている。 / 子供のおもちゃやパーティーの装飾に用いられる風船。 / 人を空中に運ぶために用いられる大型の気球。

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She released the bright red balloon into the cloudy sky and watched it float away.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は明るい赤い風船を曇り空に放ち、それが浮かんでいくのを見送った。

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An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.

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Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.

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Such an object designed to transport people through the air.

We immediately threw out all the little things we had with us, ſuch as biſcuits, apples, &c. and after that one of our oars or wings; but ſtill deſcending, we caſt away the other wing, and then the governail ; having likewiſe had the precaution, for fear of accidents, while the Balloon was filling, partly to looſen and make it go eaſy, I now ſucceeded in attempting to reach without the Car, and unſcrewing the moulinet, with all its apparatus; I likewiſe caſt that into the ſea.

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(medicine) A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.

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A speech bubble.

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A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.

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(architecture) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.

the balloon of St. Paul's Cathedral in London

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(pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell.

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(obsolete) A game played with a large inflated ball.

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(engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.

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(slang) A woman's breast.

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(slang) A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.

And all I had to do in return was take a drive up to Ricardo's place on the way home and then a pretty edgy one back to Rondebosch with a balloon of coke sandwiched between two pairs of underpants.

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