bluff
bluff1 definition
☆ bluff (bluf)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
- to mislead or seek to mislead (a person) by a false, bold front
- to frighten (a person) by threats not intended to be carried out
- to manage to get (one's way) by bluffing
- Poker to try to mislead (other players) by betting on one's hand when one knows or believes it is not the best hand
Etymology: 17th c.: prob. < Du bluffen, to brag, boast or verbluffen, to baffle, mislead
noun
- the act or practice of bluffing
- a person who bluffsalso bluffer bluff′er
bluff2 definition
bluff (bluf)
adjective
- having, or ascending steeply with, a broad, flat front
- having a rough and frank but affable manner
Etymology: orig. a naut. term, prob. < Du blaf, flat, broad
noun
a high, steep, broad-faced bank or cliff
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