balloon fly — noun : a small fly (family Empididae) in whose courtship ritual the male presents the female with food supported by a silken balloon … Useful english dictionary
Balloon (aircraft) — Ballooning redirects here. For the behavior of spiders and other arthropods, see Ballooning (spider). Not to be confused with Airship or Blimp. Balloon … Wikipedia
balloon flight — ▪ aviation Introduction passage through the air of a balloon that contains a buoyant gas, such as helium or heated air, for which reason it is also known as lighter than air free flight. Unmanned balloons have been used to carry meteorological… … Universalium
Balloon Kid — Infobox VG title=Balloon Kid caption=Front cover of North American Balloon Kid package developer=Pax Softnica publisher=Nintendo designer=Gunpei Yokoi (producer)cite web |author = | date=December, 24, 2007| title=N Sider.com: Balloon Kid format=… … Wikipedia
balloon — n. 1) to fly; launch a balloon 2) to blow up, inflate; deflate a balloon 3) a balloon bursts 4) a barrage; observation balloon 5) (fig.) a trial balloon (to send up a trial balloon) * * * [bə luːn] deflate a balloon inflate launch a balloon… … Combinatory dictionary
Balloon helicopter — A balloon helicopter is a toy helicopter comprised of a latex balloon and a plastic propeller. The propeller is driven by the pneumatic action of air escaping from the balloon, traveling through nozzles embedded within the center of the propeller … Wikipedia
Balloon Fight — Infobox VG title=Balloon Fight caption= developer=Nintendo R D1 [Calderon, Anthony. [http://www.n sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=482 The Nintendo Development Structure] N Sider Retrieved on 2008 03 13] publisher=Nintendo designer= composer … Wikipedia
balloon — Synonyms and related words: Graf Zeppelin, accrue, accumulate, advance, aeroplane, aerostat, air bubble, airlift, airplane, airship, appreciate, bag, ball, ballonet, be airborne, bead, belly, belly out, bilge, billow, bladder, bleb, blimp,… … Moby Thesaurus
fly — I. verb (flew; flown; flying) Etymology: Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan; akin to Old High German fliogan to fly and probably to Old English flōwan to flow Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to move in or pass… … New Collegiate Dictionary
fly — Synonyms and related words: abscond, absquatulate, advance, aeroplane, airlift, airplane, applique, arachnid, arise, arthropod, ascend, aspire, bait, ball the jack, balloon, barnstorm, barrel, be airborne, be annihilated, be consumed, be… … Moby Thesaurus
