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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States across the country are faced with choosing between supporting a rapidly growing industry that will undoubtedly reshape the future and protecting their residents from ballooning expenses. Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 That timeline has now slipped into the 2040s, with costs ballooning to $11 billion. Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025 Coalescing under Macron’s pro-business, austerity-lite budget to tackle the country’s ballooning public debt is not their priority, nor mutual interest. Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025 Her history, our ballooning interest in her more overtly sensual work, and the very contours of her face have all been fodder for intensifying debate. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 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 13 Sep. 2025.

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