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US
/ˈbɫəf/
]
[ UK /blˈʌf/ ]
[ UK /blˈʌf/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
a sheer descent of rock
a bluff headland
where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise -
bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured
a bluff and rugged natural leader
a bluff but pleasant manner
NOUN
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pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted - a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
- the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
VERB
- frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
- deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
How To Use bluff In A Sentence
- Having met a good deal of the sea, they knew, like a man who has felt a good deal of the world, that heavy endurance and patient bluffness are safer to get through the waves somehow than sensitive fibre and elegant frame. Springhaven
- Just like playing poker, it's all about bluffing. The Sun
- ‘We have to win,’ the Scotland coach affirms with a bluffness which only Australians can pull off.
- Then came a game of bluff with his club spread over two weeks. The Sun
- He hoped to strike the camp simultaneously from the north and south, but had not counted on the maze of bluffs and ravines he would have to contend with to get there.
- To me he is false, a bluffer, a hypocrite, a sectarian, a coward and an opportunist.
- To finish the portrait, the bearing of the gracious Duncan was brief, bluff, and consequential, and the upward turn of his short copper-coloured nose indicated that he was somewhat addicted to wrath and usquebaugh. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
- Second, he must not be sophisticated enough to read right through your semi-bluff raise.
- Although my teacher certainly wasn't bluffing, I suspect we were both looking for the same thing: a cheap fix of escapism.
- It's time to call their bluff. Times, Sunday Times