Usually means: Increase in size or volume.
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  1. puff up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. puff up: Vocabulary.com
  3. puff up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. puff up: Wiktionary
  5. puff up: Dictionary.com
  6. puff up: Rhymezone
  7. puff up: FreeDictionary.org
  8. puff up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. puff up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. puff up: Legal dictionary

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  1. puff up: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. puff up: Medical dictionary

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  1. puff up: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (puff up)

verb:  (transitive) To inflate with air.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To fluff up, such as an animal raising its fur or feathers to appear larger or conserve body heat.
verb:  (intransitive) To swell due to injury or illness.
verb:  (figurative, intransitive) To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.)

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