Puff up has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
make larger or distend
"The estimates were puffed up"
2
to swell or cause to enlarge
"Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
"puffed out chests"
3
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
"The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
4
praise extravagantly
"The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
Example Sentences
"The estimates were puffed up"
verb
"Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
verb
"puffed out chests"
verb
"The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
verb
"The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
verb
Broader Terms (hypernyms)