ballooning Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun flying in a balloon
  2. verb ride in a hot-air balloon
    balloon.
    • He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China
  3. verb become inflated
    balloon; inflate; billow.
    • The sails ballooned

WordNet


Bal*loon"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.
  2. (Stock Exchange) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales. U.S.

Webster 1913