balloons

/bəˈluːnz/

noun

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 through the air.
4
A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
5
A speech bubble.
6
A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
7
A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
“the balloon of St. Paul's Cathedral in London”
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.
11
(engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
12
A woman's breast.
13
A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.

1
To increase or expand rapidly.
“His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal.”
2
To go up or voyage in a balloon.
3
To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
4
To inflate like a balloon.
5
To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.

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