ALL meanings of bluff
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B b - variable noun bluff A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it. 3
- verb bluff If you bluff, you make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it, or that you know something when you do not really know it. 3
- countable noun bluff A bluff is a steep cliff or bank, especially by a river or the sea. 3
- graded adjective bluff If you describe someone, usually a man, as bluff, you mean that they have a very direct way of speaking and behaving. 3
- verb bluff to pretend to be confident about an uncertain issue or to have undisclosed resources, in order to influence or deter (someone) 3
- noun bluff deliberate deception intended to create the impression of a stronger position or greater resources than one actually has 3
- noun bluff a steep promontory, bank, or cliff, esp one formed by river erosion on the outside bend of a meander 3
- noun bluff a clump of trees on the prairie; copse 3
- adjective bluff good-naturedly frank and hearty 3
- adjective bluff (of a bank, cliff, etc) presenting a steep broad face 3
- verb transitive bluff to mislead or seek to mislead (a person) by a false, bold front 3
- verb transitive bluff to frighten (a person) by threats not intended to be carried out 3
- verb transitive bluff to manage to get (one's way) by bluffing 3
- verb transitive bluff to try to mislead (other players) by betting on one's hand when one knows or believes it is not the best hand 3
- noun bluff the act or practice of bluffing 3
- noun bluff a person who bluffs 3
- adjective bluff having, or ascending steeply with, a broad, flat front 3
- adjective bluff having a rough and frank but affable manner 3
- noun bluff a high, steep, broad-faced bank or cliff 3
- adjective bluff good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man. 1
- adjective bluff presenting a bold and nearly perpendicular front, as a coastline: a bluff, precipitous headland. 1
- adjective bluff Nautical. (of the bow of a vessel) having a full, blunt form. 1
- noun bluff an act or instance or the practice of bluffing: Her pathetic story was all a bluff to get money from us. His assertive manner is mostly bluff. 1
- noun bluff a person who bluffs; bluffer: That big bluff doesn't have a nickel to his name. 1
- verb with object bluff to mislead by a display of strength, self-confidence, or the like: He bluffed me into believing that he was a doctor. 1
- verb with object bluff to gain by bluffing: He bluffed his way into the job. 1
- verb with object bluff Poker. to deceive by a show of confidence in the strength of one's cards. 1
- verb without object bluff to mislead someone by presenting a bold, strong, or self-confident front: That open face makes it impossible for him to bluff. 1
- idioms bluff call someone's bluff, to expose a person's deception; challenge someone to carry out a threat: He always said he would quit, so we finally called his bluff. 1
- noun bluff act of faking, feigning 1
- noun bluff geography: cliff 1
- intransitive verb bluff feign knowledge 1
- adjective bluff person: friendly and direct 1
- verbal expression bluff deceive, fool 1
- adjective bluff steep and broad 1
- noun bluff group of trees 1
- noun bluff An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio. 0
- noun bluff (poker) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than they actually do. 0
- noun bluff (US, dated) The card game poker. 0
- noun bluff A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face. 0
- noun bluff (Canadian Prairies) A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow. 0
- verb bluff (poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one's hand is stronger than it is. 0
- verb bluff (by analogy) To frighten or deter with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate and gain some advantage. 0
- adjective bluff Having a broad, flattened front. 0
- adjective bluff Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front. 0
- adjective bluff Surly; churlish; gruff; rough. 0
- adjective bluff Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque. 0