bluff (noun)

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• bluff — Ⅰ. bluff [1] ► NOUN ▪ an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something. ► VERB ▪ try to deceive someone as to one s abilities or intentions. ● call someone s bluff Cf. ↑call someone s bluff …   English terms dictionary

• bluff formation — noun Etymology: bluff (I) : loess …   Useful english dictionary

• bluff — I. adjective Etymology: obsolete Dutch blaf flat; akin to Middle Low German blaff smooth Date: 1627 1. a. having a broad flattened front b. rising steeply with a broad flat or rounded front 2. good naturedly frank and outspoken • bluffly adverb • …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bluff — 1 verb (I, T) to pretend that you will do something bad or that you are someone else, especially to get something you want when you are in a difficult or dangerous situation: I m an accredited British envoy. he bluffed. | bluff your way out… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bluff — bluff1 [ blʌf ] verb intransitive or transitive to deliberately give a false idea to someone about what you intend to do or about the facts of a situation, especially in order to gain an advantage: They said they d had another offer, but we knew… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bluff — I UK [blʌf] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms bluff : present tense I/you/we/they bluff he/she/it bluffs present participle bluffing past tense bluffed past participle bluffed to deliberately give a false idea to someone about what… …   English dictionary

• bluff — I 1. noun this threat was dismissed as a bluff Syn: deception, front, subterfuge, pretense, posturing, sham, fake, deceit, feint, hoax, facade, fraud, charade; trick, ruse, scheme, machination; informal put on 2 …   Thesaurus of popular words

• bluff — 1. noun /blʌf/ a) An act of bluffing; an expression of self confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff. Johns bet was a bluff, he bet without even so much as a pair. b) An attempt to represent… …   Wiktionary

• bluff — English has two words bluff, one or perhaps both of them of Dutch origin. The older, ‘hearty’ [17], originally referred to ships, and meant ‘having a flat vertical bow’. This nautical association suggests a Dutch provenance, though no thoroughly… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• bluff — {{11}}bluff (n.) broad, vertical cliff, 1680s, from bluff (adj.) with a broad, flat front (1620s), a sailors word, probably from Du. blaf flat, broad. Apparently a North Sea nautical term for ships with flat vertical bows, later extended to… …   Etymology dictionary

• bluff — bluff1 noun an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something. verb try to deceive someone as to one s abilities or intentions. Phrases call someone s bluff 1》 challenge someone to carry out a stated intention, in the …   English new terms dictionary