Balloon

Definitions

1. An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
2. Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
3. Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
4. A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
5. A speech bubble.
6. A wide rounded glass with a stem and foot, used for wine, brandy, etc.
7. A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
8. A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
9. A bomb or shell.
10. A game played with a large inflated ball.
    obsolete
11. The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
12. A woman's breast.
    slang
13. A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
    slang
14. Synonym of balloon payment.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“the balloon of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London”

“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.”

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

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