water balloon

noun

chiefly US
: a balloon that is filled with water
The boys were throwing water balloons at each other.

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Alex Plant, 28, was struck by the frozen water balloon last week. — Megan Forrester, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2025 Have a water balloon baseball game. — Parents, 11 June 2026 Crossfire’s drone carries a water balloon skyward, finds the fire, and drops the balloon. — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2025 Court documents say ''all of the victims in the water balloon attacks were females, showing a clear bias against women. — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for water balloon

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“Water balloon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20balloon. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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