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
  • Led by 117 yards rushing by running back Bucky Irving, the Buccaneers rolled up 223 yards on the ground, the most allowed by the Chargers this season.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Try The Local Crawfish For the full Cajun experience, roll up your sleeves and visit one of Shreveport’s popular crawfish spots.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of roll up
Verb
  • His advisors on immigration now include powerful figures like Musk, who recently demonstrated his newfound influence by blowing up spending negotiations in Congress and nearly causing a government shutdown at Christmas.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Many economists say such an action would not only blow up prices for U.S. consumers but also probably send the Mexican economy into a free fall, which in turn could spur more migration to the United States.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 23 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
  • The randomized hybrid arrangement was so successful — reducing turnover and increasing satisfaction among both employees and managers — that the skeptical company decided to expand the program to all employees.
    Sarah Green Carmichael, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • For an additional $1, players can add the Megaplier to potentially increase their winnings outside of the jackpot.
    Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2024
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
  • If Burrow were to inflate his current statistics to a balanced era between the league averages of 2024, 2011, and 2007, Burrow would currently be sitting with 4,926 yards, 43 touchdowns, and 8 interceptions.
    Tyler Small, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • When the body chamber is inflated, air actuates the robot: Its wings flap downward from their initially flat position.
    Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of inflate
Verb
  • These mRNAs are then targeted for degradation in the gut cells of the beetle, causing damaged proteins to build up to fatal levels in the insect.
    Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Alverno has built up its endowment over the past decade from about $22 million to as much as $42 million in 2021, according to federal education data.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of build up
Verb
  • As conflicts intensified in places like Gaza and Lebanon, Myanmar, Syria and elsewhere in 2024, the number of children displaced by conflict and violence is also expected to keep rising beyond the 2023 year-end total of 47.2 million.
    Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Yet between 2007 and 2017, when Mr. Correa left office, the country’s overall energy generation capacity rose about 60 percent, according the Ministry of Energy and Mines.
    José María León Cabrera, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of rise
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