puff up
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To fluff up, such as an animal raising its fur or feathers to appear larger or conserve body heat.
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
verb
To trump up.
Example Sentences
- "We puffed up the balloons."
- "Small birds puff up while sleeping to keep warm."
- "The angry cat hissed and puffed up its fur."
- "My hand puffed up where the cat had scratched me."
- "Sore against our will did we of Witchland join with the Demons in that war, foreseeing (as hath been bloodily approved) that the issue must be but the puffing up of the Demons, who desire no other thing than to be lords and tyrants of all the world."
- "On the 17th of November I was put in the hole because the administration accused me and my lover of fighting. We were sort of fighting but not to the extent that they made it appear. (We later found out through several officers that they wanted to transfer my lover, so they puffed up the charges.)"