puff up cheeks

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• puff something up — ˌpuff ˈup | ˌpuff sthˈup derived to swell or to make sth swell • Her cheeks puffed up. • The frog puffed itself up. Main entry: ↑puffderived …   Useful english dictionary

• puff something out — ˌpuff sthˈout derived to make sth bigger and rounder, especially by filling it with air • She puffed out her cheeks. Main entry: ↑puffderived …   Useful english dictionary

• puff — puff1 [pʌf] v [: Old English; Origin: pyffan, from the sound] 1.) to breathe quickly and with difficulty after the effort of running, carrying something heavy etc ▪ George puffed and panted and he tried to keep up. puff along/up etc ▪ An old man… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• puff — 1 verb 1 (I) to breathe quickly and with difficulty after running, carrying something heavy etc: Catherine was puffing loudly as she carried the box into the room. (+ up/along etc): Duncan passed me, puffing up the hill. see also: huff and puff… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• puff — puff1 [ pʌf ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to smoke a cigarette, pipe, etc.: puff on/at: Grandad sat in the corner and puffed on his pipe. 2. ) intransitive to breathe or blow out air noisily, especially because you have been running,… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• puff out — PHRASAL VERB If you puff out your cheeks, you make them larger and rounder by filling them with air. → See also puff 2) [V P n (not pron)] He puffed out his fat cheeks and let out a lungful of steamy breath. [Also V n P] …   English dictionary

• puff up — verb 1. make larger or distend (Freq. 1) The estimates were puffed up • Hypernyms: ↑inflate, ↑blow up, ↑expand, ↑amplify • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …   Useful english dictionary

• puff — puffingly, adv. /puf/, n. 1. a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath. 2. an abrupt emission of air, smoke, vapor, etc. 3. an act of inhaling and exhaling, as on a cigarette or pipe; whiff. 4. the sound of an abrupt emission of air, vapor, etc …   Universalium

• puff out — verb to swell or cause to enlarge, Her faced puffed up from the drugs (Freq. 1) puffed out chests • Syn: ↑puff, ↑puff up, ↑blow up • Derivationally related forms: ↑puffer (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Puff-throated Babbler — Taxobox name = Puff throated Babbler status = LC status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Timaliidae genus = Pellorneum species = P. ruficeps binomial = Pellorneum ruficeps binomial …   Wikipedia

• puff out — phrasal verb Word forms puff out : present tense I/you/we/they puff out he/she/it puffs out present participle puffing out past tense puffed out past participle puffed out 1) [intransitive/transitive] if air or smoke puffs out, or if you puff it… …   English dictionary