1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stretch.

2. (a. & n.) from Stretch.

aggrandizement amplification ballyhoo big talk bloat bloatedness bloating blowing up breaking point burlesque caricature diastole dilatation dilation distension doziness dropsy drowsiness edema elongation enhancement enlargement exaggerating exaggeration excess exorbitance expansion extension extravagance extreme extreme tension flatulence flatulency flatus gassiness grandiloquence heaviness heightening huckstering hyperbole hyperbolism inflation inordinacy intumescence languor lengthening lethargy magnification meteorism oscitancy oscitation overdistension overdrawing overemphasis overestimation overexpansion overextension overkill overstatement overstrain overstraining overstretching pandiculation prodigality production profuseness prolongation protraction puff puffery puffiness puffing puffing up sensationalism sleepiness snapping point somnolence somnolency strain straining stretch stringing out superlative swell swellage swelling swollenness tall talk tension touting travesty tumefaction tumescence tumidity tumidness turgescence turgidity turgidness tympanism tympany windiness yawning