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Definition of Puff up

1. Verb. Make larger or distend. "The estimates were puffed up"

2. Verb. To swell or cause to enlarge,. "Did his feet puff up?"; "Puffed out chests"

3. Verb. Become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger. "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"

4. Verb. Praise extravagantly. "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puff Up

puffin puffiness puffinesses puffing puffings puffins Puffinus Puffinus puffinus puffs puffy

puff adder puff batter puff of air puff out puff paste puff up (current term) pug pug-dog pug-nose pug-nosed

pugaree pugarees Puget Sound puggaree puggarees pugged puggeries puggery puggie puggier

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