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Bluff   /bləf/   Listen
Bluff

noun
1.
A high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion).
2.
Pretense that your position is stronger than it really is.
3.
The act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards.  Synonym: four flush.
verb
(past & past part. bluffed; pres. part. bluffing)
1.
Deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand.  Synonym: bluff out.
2.
Frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is.
adjective
1.
Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front.  Synonyms: bold, sheer.  "Where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise" , "A sheer descent of rock"
2.
Bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured.  "A bluff and rugged natural leader"



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"Bluff" Quotes from Famous Books



... where the road hugged close the concave outline of a bushy bluff, Bud slowed and turned out behind a fringe of ...
— Cabin Fever • B. M. Bower
... no laughing matter, Melchior," said the broad-shouldered, bluff, sturdy-looking Englishman. "I don't want to ...
— The Crystal Hunters - A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps • George Manville Fenn
... measure. His hair was a sort of wolf's gray, was clipped all over within an inch of his head, and stood up like the bristles on a wild boar's back. His brows were bushy, and jutted, roof-like, over his deeply-sunken eyes; his nose was bluff as a bull-dog's; his cheek-bones were rough and high; his eyes were wide-set; his mouth was cut square across almost from ear to ear; his chin was square and massy; he had an Adam's apple as large as a gilly-flower ripening on his ...
— Summerfield - or, Life on a Farm • Day Kellogg Lee
... They've always thried to reform man, an' they haven't yet got onto th' fact that maybe he's not worth reformin'. They don't undherstan' why a man shud be allowed to pizen himsilf into th' belief that he amounts to something, but thin they don't undherstand man. They little know what a bluff he is an' how 'tis on'y be fortifyin' himsilf with stuff that they regard as iv no use except to burn undher a tea-kettle that he dares to go on livin' at all. He knows how good dhrink makes him look to himsilf, an' he dhrinks. They see how it makes him look to ivrybody else, an' they want to take ...
— Mr. Dooley Says • Finley Dunne
... thoughtful man in command—it wanted dash and bluff. It could have been done in those early days. The landing WAS a success—a brilliant, blinding success—but it stuck at the very moment when it should have rushed forward. It was no one's fault if you understand. It was sheer luck. It just didn't "come off"—and ...
— At Suvla Bay • John Hargrave


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