"bepuff" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bepuffs [present, singular, third-person], bepuffing [participle, present], bepuffed [participle, past], bepuffed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: From be- + puff. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|puff}} be- + puff Head templates: {{en-verb}} bepuff (third-person singular simple present bepuffs, present participle bepuffing, simple past and past participle bepuffed)
  1. (archaic) To puff out. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-bepuff-en-verb-wRdCga5k Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 54 46
  2. (archaic, transitive) To puff; praise fulsomely; bepraise. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-bepuff-en-verb-a-wkRIaS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hype

Inflected forms

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