Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Swelled out like a balloon.
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of balloon.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Swelled out like a balloon.
Examples
“The margin ballooned to 40-16 early in the second quarter.”
“The verb ballooned is inspired, suggesting, as it does, puffed-up-ness and hot air; after all, it’s not the man’s worth that has expanded, but merely his sense of that worth (at least in the eyes of his observer).”
“The state originally estimated that it would cost only about $80,000 extra per retiree, but after legislators added all the union-demanded sweeteners, that price tag ballooned to $200,000.”
“It's part of an all-out drive by the world's biggest auto manufacturer to redeem its once unassailable brand - hit anew on Tuesday as Toyota's global recall ballooned to 8.5 million cars and trucks.”
“It's part of an all-out drive by the world's biggest auto manufacturer to redeem its once unassailable brand -- hit anew Tuesday as Toyota's global recall ballooned to 8.5 million cars and trucks.”
“It's part of an all-out drive by the world's biggest auto manufacturer to redeem its once-unassailable brand -- hit anew on Tuesday as Toyota's global recall ballooned to 8.5 million cars and trucks.”
“It's part of an all-out drive by the world's biggest auto manufacturer to redeem its once unassailable brand -- hit anew on Tuesday as Toyota's global recall ballooned to 8.5 million cars and trucks.”
“News Toyota's global recall ballooned Tuesday to 8.5 million cars and trucks with the official announcement that 440,000 of its Prius and other hybrids were being recalled.”
“As the recall ballooned, grocery chains across the country checked their lists, yanking bad eggs and posting signs informing customers which cartons were safe to buy.”
“It'spart of an all-out drive by the world's biggest auto manufacturer to redeem its once unassailable brand - hit anew on Tuesday as Toyota's global recall ballooned to 8.5 million cars and trucks.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ballooned’.
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movement (fast)
words describing fast action or movement
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movement (slow)
words describing slow action or movement
( open list, randomness, descriptive )
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http://www.wordnik.co...creep, crawl, plod, slouch, idle, lumber, tiptoe, bend, amble, mosey, saunter, loiter and 117 more...
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know-it-all
eunuch, couvade, ecclesiastes, enigma, inevitable, crucible, genteel, bedlam, baculum, scapulimancy, atrophy, smut and 170 more...
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oroboros An alternade of blond & aloe. May 22, 2008