ballooning

Speech parts

1. ballooning - Noun

2. ballooning - Adjective

3. ballooning - Verb

Meaning

The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.

The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

aeronautics astronautics bunchy increasing plumping growing flight flying rising rocket spreading aviation bubble balloon mounting
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Antonyms

still poor dying hollow depressed impoverished
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Hypernyms

flight flying

Phrases with the word

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Examples

Because love is the meeting point of truth and magic. Truth, as in photography; magic, as in ballooning. Julian Barnes

Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits. Carly Fiorina

I have not the smallest molecule of faith in aerial navigation other than ballooning. William Thomson

I very much like Kenya. It's hard to beat the Masai Mara and the idea of ballooning across it. I have a great time at Lewa. There's more rhinos than you'll find anywhere. A great part for the children is you can ride horses with the giraffes and the zebra. Mark Burnett

The Citizen's Petition reflects Vermont's spirit of pragmatism and across-the-board cooperation. I applaud the 'Campaign to Fix the Debt' for calling attention to one of the country's most pressing problems, our ballooning national debt, and for urging policymakers to find practical solutions. Peter Welch

According to Djie, the gold market’s steady two decade uptick is indicative of the ballooning international money supply. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

balloonfish balloonful balloonhead ballooning out ballooning up ballooningly