puff out

verb

puffed out; puffing out; puffs out

: to make (something) larger and rounder by filling it with air

She puffed her cheeks out and blew out the candles.

A gust of wind puffed out the boat's sails.

Examples of puff out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One of the Royal Palace guards, on duty for the evening, puffed out his cheeks when asked what the scene below would have looked like with a Norway win. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 July 2026

But there’s also a lot of competitive animosity, puffing out, and out grimacing each other. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 25 June 2026

This results in the outer layers of the star where nuclear fusion is still occurring, puffing out and expanding the star's radius to as much as 100 times its original size. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 22 June 2026

Broncos Country should puff out its chest. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for puff out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout