Definitions
1.verbTo increase or expand rapidly."His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal."
2.verbTo go up or voyage in a balloon.
3.verbTo take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
4.verbTo inflate like a balloon.
5.verbTo strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
6.nounThe act of something that swells or expands.
7.nounThe sport or hobby of flying in a balloon."When he retired, he took up ballooning."
8.nounThe mechanical kiting used by spiders, mites, caterpillars, etc. to travel through the air.
9.adjectiveGrowing rapidly as a balloon."The ballooning economy was out of control."
10.adjectiveRising high in the air."The cricketer hit a ballooning shot for six runs."