How many syllables in balloons?

There are 2 syllables in the word balloons.

How to pronounce balloons:

balloons (noun):: a nonporous bag of light material that can be inflated especially with air or gas such as; a large bag inflated with a lighter-than-air gas, designed to rise and float in the atmosphere with a basket for carrying passengers

accelerates

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booms

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climbs

enlarges

escalates

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gains

increases

intensifies

jumps

mounts

multiplies

mushrooms

proliferates

rises

rockets

rolls up

snowballs

spreads

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waxes

caves in

compresses

condenses

constricts

contracts

deflates

flaps

sags

shrinks

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