ballooning

1 of 2

noun

bal·​loon·​ing bə-ˈlü-niŋ 

: the act or sport of riding in a balloon

ballooning

2 of 2

present participle of balloon entry 3

Examples of ballooning in a Sentence

Noun

She's always wanted to go ballooning.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

But the poori remains the same, made with whole wheat flour, water and a touch of salt, gently pressed and then fried, ballooning into a gorgeous orb. — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Bessent did not appear particularly concerned about America’s ballooning debt this week, however. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026

The space agency canceled an effort to robotically bring rock samples from Mars back to Earth due to ballooning costs, including one independent estimate of $11 billion. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026

Senegal, which faces tight budgetary constraints due to ballooning debt, has spent nearly all of its full-year allocation for fuel subsidies already. — Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1784, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ballooning

• cartooning
• communing
• impugning
• crooning
• mooning
• pruning
• spooning
• swooning
• tuning