balloonist

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Air travel: balloons & parachutes
aeronaut
aerostat
airship
ballooning
barrage balloon
blimp
canopy
chute
dirigible
hot-air balloon
parachute
ripcord
weather balloon
wingsuit
Zeppelin

balloon | American Dictionary

balloon
noun[ C ]
us/bəˈlun/
a small, thin, rubber bag that you can fill with air or another gas until it is round in shape, often used for decoration at parties or as a child’s toy
A balloon is also a very large, round container filled with a gas that can rise in the air and carry people riding under it in an attached box.
balloon
verb[ I ]
us/bəˈlun/
to become larger, esp. quickly:
The rumors soon ballooned into (= quickly became) a full-grown scandal.

balloon | Business English

balloon
noun[ C ]
 FINANCEuk /bəˈluːn/us
a type of loan that is paid back in regular small payments with a final larger payment:
What we're seeing are interest-only, balloon mortgages with no money down.
Only select a balloon over an adjustable rate mortgage if you are sure that you will be able to meet the final payment.
a balloon payment:
Some borrowers may not be informed that balloon payments lurk ahead.
balloon
verb[ I ]
uk /bəˈluːn/us
to quickly increase in size or importance:
The decline in sales to America caused the goods trade deficit to balloon to a record £4 billion.

Examples of balloon

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In fact, electric fields due to auroral activities have been measured using balloons at about 40 km altitude, which is well below the ionosphere.
The public's interest in funding balloons peaked in the late 1780s, but never fully waned.
Following deflation of the balloons, systemic arterial pressure continued to rise somewhat, and did not return to baseline until 10-20 minutes later.
What could come as a result of this approach is a useful estimate of the shape of the probability distributions for ballooning propensity.
Sizing of the defect using balloons confirmed the stretched diameter at 11 mm.
Therapeutic embolization with detachable balloons: factors influencing permanent occlusion.
Within this theory, the shape of the internal probability distribution for ballooning propensity may be fixed or changing over time.
The number of capital statutes ballooned in the eighteenth century to over 200.
They examined tangible evidence such as drift messages, balloons, and pieces of wood.
The associated peso obligations ballooned followed the devaluation.
During a follow-up period of up to two years, no local or systemic reactions to the balloons were recognized.
He set out quite early to make a living from balloons and worked consistently from 1784 up until his death in 1808.
As the spectacle of balloons became common, the need to sell the specific aspects of a particular event grew more necessary.
Other aeronauts concentrated on introducing new themes to the construction of their balloons.
Launches required additional inducement to lure customers while at the same time balloonists developed increasingly new and novel balloons.
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Collocations withballoon

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These are words often used in combination with balloon.

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balloon angioplasty
In individual cases, nonetheless, localized stenoses appeared to be effectively dilated as evidenced by the angiographic findings after balloonangioplasty.
balloon ride
The balloonride is dependent on weather and must be landed during high winds.
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