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 bluffs
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
bluff′ly adverb
bluff′·ness noun
bluff
Synonyms
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Synonyms
bluff
n.
bluff
Synonyms
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Usage Examples
Object
- mccririck: Vegas to say bluffing mccririck is new winner of.
- hand: Return calls seeking to bluff more hands they are.
- game: Fearless players who to bluff more game of information.
Converse of object
- call: That means calling the bluff of the US administration.
Preposition: at
- youpoker: Petty play free poker game offense them the opportunity bluff at youpoker is primarily a. In unbecoming conduct have been involved.
Adjective modifier
- rocky: Pausing for breath on a rocky bluff several hundred meters above base camp, it's hard to imagine anything could exist here.
- steep: Sitting on a steep bluff, overlooking the River Gwendraeth, is more complete than many of its contemporaries.
- double: Of course either - or both - could have been playing a double bluff.
- bad: The worst sort bluff harder the less they know.
- high: Anchorage sits on a high bluff at the base of the Chugach Mountains along the coast of Cook Inlet in south central Alaska.
Modifies a noun
- Yorkshireman: The bluff Yorkshireman indulged the whims and fancies of the new man and supported an improvement in conditions for the players.
- body: Validation of CFD codes for studying the mean airflow around bluff bodies.
Modifying Another Word
- successfully: To bluff successfully takes live out and a lot of subtlety.
- just: Of course, then I had to convince my doctors I wasn't just bluffing.
- n't: No, I do n't bluff in the film.
Noun used with modifier
- foot: Foot bluff above days festival to be a french.
- council: Amy Russell council bluffs, Iowa, United States.
Preposition: on
- side: The Indians crossed the river below Reno and swarmed up the bluff on all sides.
Used with why or when
bluff Quotes
When people are taken out of their depths they lose
