English Dictionary

balloon

/bəˈluːn/

noun

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.

I saw a colorful balloon floating in the sky.

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

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.

意味（4）

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

意味（5）

A speech bubble.

意味（6）

A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.

意味（7）

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

the balloon of St. Paul's Cathedral in London

意味（8）

(chemistry) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.

意味（9）

(pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell.

意味（10）

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

意味（11）

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

意味（12）

(slang) A woman's breast.

意味（13）

(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.

意味（14）

(finance) Synonym of balloon payment

The purpose of the balloon is to reduce the periodic payment required during the life of the financing period.