Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to balloon
Participle: ballooned
Gerund: ballooning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | balloon |
| you | balloon |
| he;she;it | balloons |
| we | balloon |
| you | balloon |
| they | balloon |
Perfect
| I | have ballooned |
| you | have ballooned |
| he;she;it | has ballooned |
| we | have ballooned |
| you | have ballooned |
| they | have ballooned |
Past
| I | ballooned |
| you | ballooned |
| he;she;it | ballooned |
| we | ballooned |
| you | ballooned |
| they | ballooned |
Pluperfect
| I | had ballooned |
| you | had ballooned |
| he;she;it | had ballooned |
| we | had ballooned |
| you | had ballooned |
| they | had ballooned |
Future
| I | will balloon |
| you | will balloon |
| he;she;it | will balloon |
| we | will balloon |
| you | will balloon |
| they | will balloon |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ballooned |
| you | will have ballooned |
| he;she;it | will have ballooned |
| we | will have ballooned |
| you | will have ballooned |
| they | will have ballooned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | balloon |
| you | balloon |
| he;she;it | balloon |
| we | balloon |
| you | balloon |
| they | balloon |
Perfect
| I | have ballooned |
| you | have ballooned |
| he;she;it | have ballooned |
| we | have ballooned |
| you | have ballooned |
| they | have ballooned |
Imperfect
| I | ballooned |
| you | ballooned |
| he;she;it | ballooned |
| we | ballooned |
| you | ballooned |
| they | ballooned |
Pluperfect
| I | had ballooned |
| you | had ballooned |
| he;she;it | had ballooned |
| we | had ballooned |
| you | had ballooned |
| they | had ballooned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would balloon |
| you | would balloon |
| he;she;it | would balloon |
| we | would balloon |
| you | would balloon |
| they | would balloon |
Perfect
| I | would have ballooned |
| you | would have ballooned |
| he;she;it | would have ballooned |
| we | would have ballooned |
| you | would have ballooned |
| they | would have ballooned |
Imperative
| you | balloon |
| we | Let's balloon |
| you | balloon |
Verbs conjugated like 'balloon'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'balloon'
alloo,
ballot,
ballroom,
bassoon,
batoon,
halloo,
allot,
allow,
alloy,
babymoon,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1579, "a game played with a large inflated leather ball," perhaps borrowed in part from Fr.
ballon, altered (after
balle) from It.
pallone "large ball," from
palla "ball," from Langobardic
palla (from P.Gmc.
*ball-, from PIE
*bhel- "to blow, swell") +
-one suffix indicating great size. It also meant the ball itself (1592), 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" (1634) and "round ball used as an architectural ornament" (1656). 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. The verb meaning "to swell, puff up" is attested from 1841.
Trial balloon is congnate of Fr.
ballon d'essai.
2. First use appears c. 1591, "a game played with a large, inflated leather ball" (possibly via Middle French ballon) from Italian pallone (“large ball”) from palla (“ball”), from Lombardic *palla. The Northern Italian form, balla (“ball-shaped bundle”), today a doublet, likely derived from Old French balle, from Frankish *balla (“ball”), and may have influenced the spelling of this word. Both Germanic words are from Proto-Germanic *ballô (“ball”), *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”). Akin to Old High German ballo, bal (“ball”), (German Ballen (“bale”); Ball "ball"). Doublet of ballon. More at ball. See: German, old spelling '
Ballen'.
Sample Sentences
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His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal.
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Prices will balloon if we don't act quickly.
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For the franchise’s ballooning, unmanageable cast of mutants, picking sides now seems to have less to do with choosing between cooperation (which the recent movies implicitly distrust) and resistance, and more with whichever flashback-prone white dude’s overbearing savior complex works for you. [2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2017:]
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ScotRail has long been run at a significant subsidy, with only the Edinburgh-Glasgow express line making a profit from fares, but government support has ballooned since the start of the pandemic. [2022 April 6, Conrad Landin, “ScotRail in the public eye...”, in RAIL, number 954, page 39:]
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A puff of wind from the open door caught and ballooned the scanties; off they sailed, out the window billowing into freedom. [1944, Emily Carr, “Peach Scanties”, in The House of All Sorts:]
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After four minutes, leading goalscorer Haworth slid in but ballooned the ball over from six yards, and Hume then outran the defence to get to the by-line, but he could only hit his cross straight out. [2015, Steve Wilson, A View From The Terraces (part 2, page 138)]
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The plane ballooned into the air about 20 feet, banging down again for another good-sized hop. [1961, Flying Magazine, volume 69, number 3, page 86:]