To puff up or inflate; to cause to swell or puff out.
From 'be-' plus 'puff,' from imitative origin (representing a sound of breath). Means to cause puffing or swelling.
You could describe a toad as 'bepuffing' itself to look bigger to predators—the word perfectly captures that visual expansion and theatrical self-inflation.
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