puff out

phrasal verb

puffed out; puffing out; puffs out

: to make (something) larger and rounder by filling it with air

She puffed her cheeks out and blew out the candles.

A gust of wind puffed out the boat's sails.

Examples of puff out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Roger Federer did the same thing to a 140mph delivery from Andy Roddick at the 2007 U.S. Open, sending it back to Roddick’s toes and leading the American to puff out his cheeks. —Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 8 July 2024

Male turkeys gobble and strut, puffing out their feathers, to impress hens, who yelp and cluck in response. —Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025

Imagine puffing out not just regular vapor, but a full-on holographic experience. —Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025

One of the most feared is a fungus called Aspergillus fumigatus, which lives in compost heaps and decaying vegetation and puffs out spores that drift through the air. —Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025

But Dacus is still in the same royal red dress, sleeves puffed out with a seven-piece band surrounding her. —Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025

For instance, Lionel offers different smelling fluid for steam locomotives, which makes steam puff out of the smokestacks. —Jeff Lunden, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024

The new observations using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer in Chile reveal a star puffing out gas and dust, apparently in its final stages of life before going supernova. —Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024

Sanders and the entire program puffed out their chests for three straight weeks. —Chris Branch, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024

Rhymes for puff out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout