Definition of Ballon

1. Noun. (ballet) The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ballon

1. lightness of movement [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ballon

ballistically
ballistics
ballistite
ballistocardiogram
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiography
ballistophobia
ballistæ
ballium
balliums
balljoint
ballmaker
ballmakers
ballon (current term)
ballonet
ballonets
ballonne
ballonnes
ballons
balloon
balloon-tip catheter
balloon angioplasty
balloon animal
balloon bomb
balloon catheter
balloon cell
balloon cell nevus
balloon clock

Literary usage of Ballon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reign of William Rufus and the Accession of Henry the First by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"ballon BETRAYED TO RUFUS. this story, which has a somewhat mythical sound. ... The castle of ballon, of which we have already so ballon often heard, ..."

2. Sport: Attempt at a Bibliography of Books and Periodicals Published During ...by C. M. van Stockum by C. M. van Stockum (1911)
"ballon-captif, 7429 ballon, construction, 7435 ballon dirigeable, 7374, 7429 ballon, filets de, 7375 ballon, intoxication, gaz, 740-2 ballon, lenkbare, ..."

3. Letters and Diary of Alan Seeger by Alan Seeger (1917)
"The ballon de Servance. The view of the Alps. An improvised band. ... Yesterday the whole brigade marched up to the top of the ballon de Servance, ..."

4. The Foundations of England; Or, Twelve Centuries of British History (B.C. 55 by James Henry Ramsay (1898)
"Robert of Belleme was detached to besiege the town of ballon. The castle, apparently a mound fort (mota), had been surrendered by a friend, ..."

5. Journal by United States, Congress (1858)
"Stakes, Safford, and ballon, demanded the ayes and noes, and the bill was lost, ... And, ballon, Banks, Buel, Burbank, Cherry, Crane, Davis, Edwards, Kly, ..."

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