"ballooning" meaning in English

See ballooning in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /bəˈluːnɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-ballooning.wav [US]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ballooning (not comparable)
  1. Growing rapidly as a balloon. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ballooning-en-adj-dSP0rhif Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 12 10 26 11 31
  2. Rising high in the air. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ballooning-en-adj-~JI9RK-s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 12 10 26 11 31

Noun

IPA: /bəˈluːnɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-ballooning.wav [US] Forms: balloonings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ballooning (countable and uncountable, plural balloonings)
  1. The act of something that swells or expands. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ballooning-en-noun--eqRa~v2
  2. (uncountable) The sport or hobby of flying in a hot-air balloon. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Hobbies Translations (the sport or hobby of flying in a hot-air balloon): baloniarstwo [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-ballooning-en-noun-RFP6urCk Disambiguation of Hobbies: 12 18 7 30 12 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 12 10 26 11 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 13 6 34 11 26 Disambiguation of 'the sport or hobby of flying in a hot-air balloon': 2 95 3
  3. The mechanical kiting used by spiders, mites, caterpillars, etc. to travel through the air. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ballooning-en-noun-OaxP3fQz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 12 10 26 11 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cluster ballooning

Verb

IPA: /bəˈluːnɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-ballooning.wav [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} ballooning
  1. present participle and gerund of balloon Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: balloon Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-ballooning-en-verb-8Nmf9wKF Disambiguation of Zoology: 7 7 13 20 13 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 12 10 26 11 31

Inflected forms

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