Definitions for puff up

Definitions for (verb) puff up

Main entry: blow up, puff, puff out, puff up

Definition: to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

Usage: puffed out chests


Main entry: puff up

Definition: make larger or distend

Usage: The estimates were puffed up


Main entry: puff, puff up

Definition: praise extravagantly

Usage: The critics puffed up this Broadway production


Main entry: puff up, swell

Definition: become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

Usage: The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son


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