ballooning

Definitions

1. 1

   Growing rapidly as a balloon.

   • The ballooning economy was out of control.
2. 2

   Rising high in the air.

   • The cricketer hit a ballooning shot for six runs.
3. 3

   The act of something that swells or expands.

   • This major artery from the heart to the lower body, the aorta, can indeed develop aneurysms. These balloonings of the shape of the normally straight artery may cause no bother, no symptoms and no complications.
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   1. 4

      The sport or hobby of flying in a hot-air balloon.

      • When he retired, he took up ballooning.
   2. 5

      The mechanical kiting used by spiders, mites, caterpillars, etc. to travel through the…

      The mechanical kiting used by spiders, mites, caterpillars, etc. to travel through the air.

   3. 6

      present participle and gerund of balloon

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