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Meanings of word balloon in English

Russian
спич-баббл
Portuguese
balão de diálogo
Spanish
bocadillo de cómic
Catalan
globus de diàleg
Wikidata

Graphic convention in comics for representing speech.

        спич-баббл
        Usage of word balloon in English
        1
        But the idea was it was supposed to be a word balloon.
        Wired
        2
        Each keystroke displays an upper body, a lower body, or a word balloon.
        Wired
        3
        The caricature of Scorpius had a word balloon coming out of its mouth.
        James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
        4
        What will happen when word balloons and art panels mutate to fit the space defined by multimedia?
        Wired
        5
        He would have word balloons that popped over his head and you would see what he was thinking.
        Wired
        6
        The word ballooned in his brain until it crowded out everything else and was the only word left.
        The Incredible Shrinking Man
        7
        There are no sequential panels or word balloons but rather beautiful, moody splash pages with occasional story notes along the borders.
        Reuters