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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Ballooning

· Bal·loon·ing · IPA /bəˈluːnɪŋ/
01 n. The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.
  1. 1.
    The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.
  2. 2.
    The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales.(Stock Exchange) [U.S.]