- 1[intransitive] balloon (out/up) to suddenly swell out or get bigger Her skirt ballooned out in the wind. Unemployment ballooned to fourteen percent.
- 2[intransitive] go ballooning to travel in a hot-air balloon as a sport
balloon
verbNAmE//bəˈlun//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they balloon he / she / it balloons
past simple ballooned
-ing form ballooning
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