puddle up

English

Verb

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

1. (informal, ambitransitive) To form a puddle; to form (a liquid) into a puddle.
2. (figurative, by extension, transitive) To make (something) muddy or confusing.
3. (figurative, intransitive, of the eyes) To cry or begin to cry; to well up with tears.