puffing (up)

verb

present participle of puff (up)
as in rolling up

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  1. rolling up
  2. blowing up
  3. building up
  4. increasing
Verb
  • New townhomes are going up in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood, with veterans and civilian volunteers rolling up their sleeves to help Habitat for Humanity of Illinois build not just homes, but community.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Love Island was heavily represented at the event, with Rob Rausch and Caleb McDaniel (rolling up in a trio with Josh Richards), JaNa Craig, and Leah Kateb and Miguel Harichi all in attendance.
    — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of rolling up
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  • The Defense Secretary at the president’s direction are blowing up fishing boats in the middle of oceans.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Your phone is blowing up with text messages urging you to vote.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of blowing up
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  • The challenge is building up the necessary financing and customer contracts to start construction, Park said.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • How Often To Clean Lamp Shades Dusting your lamp shades every one or two weeks will keep dust from building up.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of building up
Verb
  • Future development will focus on improving their autonomy, increasing operating speeds, and enabling them to work alongside humans with less supervision.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Dangerously large breaking waves can overpower swimmers, pulling people into the sea from beaches, jetties, and rocks resulting in significant physical injury and increasing the risk of drowning.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of increasing
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“Puffing (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puffing%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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