Definition of "ballooning" in англійська

adjective

1. Growing rapidly as a balloon.

   • The ballooning economy was out of control.

2. Rising high in the air.

   • The cricketer hit a ballooning shot for six runs.

noun

1. The act of something that swells or expands.

2. (uncountable) The sport or hobby of flying in a hot-air balloon.

   • When he retired, he took up ballooning.

3. The mechanical kiting used by spiders, mites, caterpillars, etc. to travel through the air.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of balloon