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Grammar : Verb
Spell : buh-loon
Phonetic Transcription : bəˈlun


Définition of ballooned

Origin :
  • 1570s, "a game played with a large inflated leather ball," from Italian pallone "large ball," from palla "ball," from a Germanic source akin to Langobardic palla (from Proto-Germanic *ball-, from PIE *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell;" see bole) + -one, suffix indicating great size.
  • Perhaps also borrowed in part from French ballon (16c.), altered (after balle) from Italian pallone. It also meant the ball itself (1590s), which was batted back and forth by means of large wooden paddles strapped to the forearms. In 17c., it also meant "a type of fireworks housed in a pasteboard ball" (1630s) and "round ball used as an architectural ornament" (1650s). Acquired modern meaning after Montgolfier brothers' flights, 1783. As a child's toy, it is attested from 1848; as "outline containing words in a comic engraving" it dates from 1844. Also cf. -oon.
  • verb billow out; bloat
Example sentences :
  • She had ballooned her bust and hour-glassed her waist according to the fashion of the day.
  • Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
  • It ballooned slowly out like a gigantic genie rising from a fisherman's bottle.
  • Extract from : « New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 » by Various
  • Then, quite suddenly, a pale violet disc in front of them ballooned out of nowhere and slid off to one side.
  • Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
  • Miss Cherrie smiled graciously, made them a bow that ballooned her silk skirt over the whole sidewalk, and sailed on.
  • Extract from : « A Changed Heart » by May Agnes Fleming
  • His sleeves and shoulders were ballooned after the German fashion, his sword clanked on the tiles.
  • Extract from : « The Fifth Queen Crowned » by Ford Madox Ford
  • They ballooned out, swelling to the wind, and the galeasse surged forward at a speed that was more than doubled.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

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