Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Buoyancy or lightness in movement that allows a dancer to rise and fall smoothly.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A bale of paper, etc.
- n. Same as balloon, 1, 2.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- From French ballon (Wiktionary)
- French, balloon; see balloon. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Thu 11/12/09 10: 14 AM yea just kill eric in the handsome cab accident or maybe a ballon from the Macy’s parade take shim away alah “ballon-boy” let V and Rufus get it onnnnnn! yyyyyy”
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“Hey, how do we do the cool word ballon quote thing?”
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“On the subject of the Super Happy Youth or whatever, if you reread that word ballon, they never state that the Great Ten were in Japan. only that the SHY made a mess of the situation there.”
“During the daytime this ballon was a silvery gleam against the blue of the sky and at night it was caught in the purple glow of a searchlight.”
“Eisner's visually symbolic use of storytelling devices (the recursive images, the strong sense of place, the physicality of the Spirit himself, the use of word ballon and sound effect placement, and more) make him a great subject for aesthetic analysis, and even young students can talk about what they see and what he seems to be doing with the panels and pages and how it shapes the way they interpret the story.”
“Witness the DARPA ballon project last month. 10 balloons randomly placed around the US and an impromptu social network found them in 8: 52.”
“Remarkable was the purity of the port de bras, an art lost, indeed killed, in the U.S.: a clean, highly controlled curvilinear frame for the ladies' pretty heads, and an ergonomic support to the men's beautifully natural leaps powered by exceptional ballon, or "ballet bounce.”
The Huffington Post: Debra Levine: Cubans Cruise Into L.A. With Classic Don Quixote
“Maybe you should set up a ballon stand outside of your trailer and sell hot air ballons, moron mike”
“Here it comes, a trial ballon to see how the public reacts to the idea of making the vetting process shorter.”
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“WHY does this whining woman get so much press-it makes me wish for the ballon boy coverage!”
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bilby "Meaning: Buoyancy in the leaps of ballet dancers, the lightness that seems to suspend a dancer in thin air."
- alphadictionary.com Aug 7, 2008