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bluffly

Variant of bluff

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to mislead or seek to mislead (a person) by a false, bold front
  2. to frighten (a person) by threats not intended to be carried out
  3. to manage to get (one's way) by bluffing
  4. Poker to try to mislead (other players) by betting on one's hand when one knows or believes it is not the best hand

noun

  1. the act or practice of bluffing
  2. a person who bluffs
    also bluffer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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