Ballooning

n.	1.	The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them; the sport of riding in balloons.
	2.	(Stock Exchange) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales.

Noun

1.

ballooning - flying in a balloon

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