puff (up)

verb

Definition of puff (up)next
as in to roll up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puff (up)
  1. roll up
  2. blow up
  3. bulk
  4. increase
  5. distend
  6. inflate
  7. build up
  8. rise
Verb
  • Lenovo executives told The Verge that the laptop was rated for at least 20,000 rolls up and down and 30,000 hinge openings and closings.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Time to roll up the sleeves, grab a glove and get in the game!
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of roll up
Verb
  • The Baltic pipeline was blown up in an act of sabotage, but details of the attack remain murky.
    Hanna Arhirova and Joanna Kozlowska, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Even when he’s blown up at every spot, he’s maintained himself.
    Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of blow up
Verb
  • In the past, the Bulls bulked at offers for LaVine.
    Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic, 11 July 2024
  • Cullen immediately went to work bulking Armstrong up, preparing him for the rigors of ovals.
    Jenna Fryer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
Definition of bulk
Verb
  • Share [Findings] The presence of a professional sports team increases a city’s seasonal flu deaths.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • A couple of trees had been cut down recently, either to increase the visibility of the stones, or to improve security.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of increase
Verb
  • The Most Exciting New Advances in Managing COPD With another strategy, diaphragmatic breathing, patients concentrate on distending their abdomen while taking in air.
    Matt Fuchs, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Abdominal bloating is when the stomach feels full of gas and may become distended (sticks out).
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 14 Sep. 2024
Definition of distend
Verb
  • Adams has touted decreases in migrant spending as a further sign the worst of the crisis is behind the city — although members of the City Council and the city’s Independent Budget Office have said the administration inflated cost estimates for migrant expenses.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Even the Chinese economy is shrinking relative to that of the United States in current dollar terms—the clearest gauge of a country’s purchasing power in international markets—and that measure flatters China, since Beijing inflates its numbers.
    Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of inflate
Verb
  • Issues important to Whitaker include building up Eastern Kentucky infrastructure, fighting for lower taxes and protecting constitutional rights.
    Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Best moment Ivan Toney’s return from an eight-month suspension for breaching the Football Association’s betting rules had been built up as a huge moment.
    Jay Harris, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of build up
Verb
  • Research has shown that these rapid wet-to-dry and dry-to-wet swings, which can worsen wildfires, flooding and other hazards, are growing more frequent and intense because of rising global temperatures.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Don Boudreaux in taking a whack at my explanations in this regard says to be careful and specify that economists can credibly be for tariff duties whose revenues rise with rates.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of rise
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