balloon inflation

Blowing up rubber

Balloon inflation is the act of filling a balloon with air, helium, or another gas.

The term appears in party planning and decoration contexts, but also names a sexual fetish involving arousal from inflating balloons, watching them expand, or anticipating their popping: The forum had a whole section dedicated to balloon inflation videos.

Related

blow up · deep breath · pump · rubber · expand · stretch · pop · popping sound · burst · float · party · lungs · lung capacity · breath · swell · taut · round · colorful

Opposites
air/gas volume change

balloon inflationdeflation

Sustained decrease in prices

deflating · venting · puncturing · decompression · leaking

balloon state trajectory

balloon inflationshrinking

Decreasing in dimension

withering

Family

balloon, inflation, balloons, ballooned, ballooning, balloonist, inflate, inflated, inflating

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G