puddle up

verb

To form a puddle; to form (a liquid) into a puddle.

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Meanings

verbpuddle up (third-person singular simple present puddles up, present participle puddling up, simple past and past participle puddled up)

present singular third person puddles up · participle present puddling up · participle past puddled up · past puddled up

  1. ambitransitiveinformalTo form a puddle; to form (a liquid) into a puddle.
  2. broadlyfigurativelytransitiveTo make (something) muddy or confusing.
  3. figurativelyintransitiveTo cry or begin to cry; to well up with tears.
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APA

puddle up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puddle%20up

MLA

“puddle up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puddle%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puddle up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puddle%20up.

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