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- Dictionarybluff/blʌf/
noun
- 1. a steep cliff, bank, or promontory.
- 2. a grove or clump of trees. Canadian
adjective
- 1. (of a cliff or a ship's bows) having a vertical or steep broad front.
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BLUFF definition: 1. to deceive someone by making them think either that you are going to do something when you…. Learn more.
The meaning of BLUFF is having a broad flattened front. How to use bluff in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Bluff.
If you bluff, you try to make someone believe that you will do something although you do not really intend to do it, or that you know something when you do not really know it. Either side, or both, could be bluffing.
A bluff is a cliff or hill with a tall face on one side. Bluffs often border a river or ocean because they get their shape from erosion caused by the natural flow of water. To bluff is to mislead by showing strength or confidence. People bluff to make themselves seem more powerful, larger, or of more authority than those being bluffed.
1. To engage in a false display of confidence or aggression in order to deceive or intimidate someone: The management debated if there would really be a strike or if the union was bluffing. 2. To make a display of aggression, as by charging or baring the teeth, as a means of intimidating another animal. 3.
BLUFF meaning: 1. to deceive someone by making them think either that you are going to do something when you…. Learn more.
Bluff can mean a high cliff, or it can describe a person who is abrupt in manner. The most common usage of bluff is as a verb meaning to pretend. If you bluff at cards, you are pretending to have a better hand than you do.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English bluff1 /blʌf/ verb [ intransitive, transitive] to pretend something, especially in order to achieve what you want in a difficult or dangerous situation You wouldn’t really tell her.
BLUFF meaning: 1. to pretend you will do something or that you have knowledge, in order to force someone to do…. Learn more.
Bluff definition: To engage in a false display of confidence or aggression in order to deceive or intimidate someone.
