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noun

Ballooning n.

The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them; the sport of riding in balloons.

Synonyms: balloonry (archaic)

(Stock Exchange) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales. (U.S.)

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Etymology of 'Ballooning'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ballooning" Quotes from Famous Books

... arms are alike asleep for the moment. Ballooning indeed goes on. There are two artists in the neighborhood of Paris, who seem to be advancing towards the desideratum in this business. They are able to rise and fall at will, without expending their ...

— Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson - Volume I • Thomas Jefferson

... great city like Paris, however, is not without resources. Everything needed for the construction of balloons could be found there. Gas also was procurable, and we had amongst us quite a number of men expert in the science of ballooning, such as it then was. There was Nadar, there was Tissandier, there were the Godard brothers, Yon, Dartois, and a good many others. Both the Godards and Nadar established balloon factories, which were generally located in our large disused railway stations, such as the Gare du Nord, ...

— My Days of Adventure - The Fall of France, 1870-71 • Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

Words linked to "Ballooning" : flight, flying