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puff up   (TTS Sound)

The verb puff up has 4 senses

• puff up -- (make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up")


• puff, puff up, blow up, puff out -- (to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests")


• swell, puff up -- (become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son")


• puff, puff up -- (praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production")