puff up

/pəf əp/

Other forms: puffed up; puffing up; puffs up

Definitions of puff up

1. verb

   make larger or distend
   “The estimates were puffed up”

   type of:

   amplify, blow up, expand, inflate

   exaggerate or make bigger
2. verb

   to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
   synonyms: blow up, puff, puff out

   type of:

   intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce

   expand abnormally
3. verb

   become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
   synonyms: swell

   type of:

   act, behave, do

   behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
4. verb

   praise extravagantly
   synonyms: puff

   type of:

   praise

   express approval of