[{"word":"ballooning","phonetic":"/bəˈluːnɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/bəˈluːnɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To increase or expand rapidly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal."},{"definition":"To go up or voyage in a balloon.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To inflate like a balloon.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of something that swells or expands.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The sport or hobby of flying in a balloon.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"When he retired, he took up ballooning."},{"definition":"The mechanical kiting used by spiders, mites, caterpillars, etc. to travel through the air.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Growing rapidly as a balloon.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The ballooning economy was out of control."},{"definition":"Rising high in the air.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The cricketer hit a ballooning shot for six runs."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/balloon","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ballooning"]}]