to puff
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4.1
- verb
- /pʌf/
:
hincharse
- Listen, those clowns puff up like that.
- puff out cheeks
The whole body puffs up normally the tongue protrudes out.
- The whole body puffs up normally the tongue protrudes out.
- It releases a gap, which helps your baked good puff.
- Now fill your cheeks with air and this will puff them up.
- The males have this big red chest that puffs up and they do this little whistle and then the females come around and choose their mate.
- When when you see that chickens do the same thing and and the mouse puff up, it doesn't make you think, Oh, cool, well, this, this, this is even more important than I thought.
- Has Jeremy the girl puffed out her beard at you?
Examples
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His lip was beginning to puff all over again, and he looked lopsided.
Fiction book (1991) -
My whole face could puff up.
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- Puff it out a bit more.
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And I'm just going to use that on the outer part of my eye just to puff out that edge.
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The whole body puffs up normally the tongue protrudes out.
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The whole body puffs up normally, the tongue protrudes out.
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You can see it's swinging around, it's agitated, the neck's starting to puff up.
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The man pressed it, and white shaving cream puffed into his hand.
Fiction book (1990) -
His eyes were almost closed, his face was puffed and splotched, his skin was pasty.
Fiction book (1990) -
When he inhaled deeply, his cheeks began to puff out in response.
Synonyms
117
3.2
To become larger often by pressure or by soaking in water
44
2.9
To fill something with air so it becomes larger and round
28
3.9
Become larger and rounder because of liquid, injury, or illness
27
5.3
To rise and move in large, wave-like shapes, like smoke or cloth
21
4.7
To increase quickly in size or amount
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4.9
To become swollen because of gas or fluid
7
2.7
To swell or become larger suddenly
5
3.5
To make something larger by filling with air or pride
3
3.7
To stick out in a round shape, like a pocket or balloon
2
4.4
To make something larger or more full, for example by filling it with air
1
5.4
To stick out or swell in a visible way
1
4.5
To make a pillow or cushion fuller by fluffing it
Full of large rounded shapes that move outward, like cloth, smoke, or clouds
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Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- South African
1
9.3
A large African snake that swells its body when threatened and has strong venom
- US
A harmless North American snake with a nose that points up that spreads its head or plays dead when scared
A smooth mixture of flour and eggs that rises into light hollow shells for sweet or savory fillings
- Specialized
A dough of flour, butter, and water that makes light, flaky layers when baked
How Swollen
Surface Forms
Etymology
Puff The idea of a short blow also led to the meaning 'to swell' — when something is filled with air it becomes puffed up, so to puff can mean to make or become larger or swollen.