ballooning

noun

bal·​loon·​ing bə-ˈlü-niŋ How to pronounce ballooning (audio)
: the act or sport of riding in a balloon

Examples of ballooning in a Sentence

She's always wanted to go ballooning.
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This measurement shows the typical paycheck was battered by a ballooning cost of living during the past four years. Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2025 This is also the part that tends to be the most unknown and at risk for ballooning costs. Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2025 With game file sizes ballooning into the hundreds of gigabytes, media going lost every day, and creative projects taking up vast swaths of drive bandwidth, expanding your computer's storage is a no-brainer. K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 7 Mar. 2025 Internal dart bracing provides mechanical grounding for the drive unit and mechanical stability, reducing cabinet ballooning. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ballooning

Word History

First Known Use

1784, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ballooning was in 1784

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“Ballooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballooning. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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