Main entry: inflation
Definition: the act of filling something with air
Main entry: splashiness, inflation, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, ostentation, ostentatiousness
Definition: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Main entry: inflation
Definition: (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
Main entry: inflation, rising prices
Definition: a general and progressive increase in prices
Usage: in inflation everything gets more valuable except money