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bluff in English
- bluff⇄adj. 1. rising with a straight, broad front.
Ex. The coast of England rose in a bluff headland out of the sea.
(SYN) steep.
2. (Figurative.) good-naturedly blunt, frank, or plain-spoken; rough and hearty.
(SYN) unceremonious. - bluff⇄adv. bluffly.
- bluff⇄bluff (1), noun, adjective.
- bluff⇄bluff (2), noun, verb.
- bluff⇄expr. call (one's) bluff,
a. to ask for proof or for action when pretense is suspected.
Ex. General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler still are convinced [the] strike threat is a bluff and they seemed determined to call it (Wall Street Journal). - bluff⇄noun a high, steep bank or cliff, especially one on the shore of a sea, lake, or river.
Ex. Standing at the edge of the bluff she could see the waves crashing below. - bluff⇄noun bluffer.
- bluff⇄noun bluffness.
- bluff⇄noun 1a. confidence of action or speech put on to deceive or mislead others. We say it is a bluff when a person lets others think that he knows more than he really does, that he has more money than he really has, or that the holds better playing cards th
- bluff⇄v.i. to put on a show of strength or confidence in order to deceive others.
Ex. No one knew whether they were bluffing (Newsweek). - bluff⇄v.t. 1. to deceive by a show of confidence; fool.
Ex. By using logs for cannons the general bluffed the enemy so successfully that they retreated from their attack.
2. to frighten with a threat that cannot be carried out.
Ex. He bluffe