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Bluff   /bləf/   Listen
noun
Bluff  n.  
1.
A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face. "Beach, bluff, and wave, adieu."
2.
An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff.
3.
A game at cards; poker. (U.S.)


verb
Bluff  v. t.  (past & past part. bluffed; pres. part. bluffing)  
1.
(Poker) To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value. (U. S.)
2.
To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, he bluffed me off. (Colloq.)


Bluff  v. i.  To act as in the game of bluff.


adjective
Bluff  adj.  
1.
Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship. "Bluff visages."
2.
Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front. "A bluff or bold shore." "Its banks, if not really steep, had a bluff and precipitous aspect."
3.
Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
4.
Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain. "Bluff King Hal." "There is indeed a bluff pertinacity which is a proper defense in a moment of surprise."





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"Bluff" Quotes from Famous Books



... attending board meetings of the varied industries which his father's energy had called into being. He was a bluff, well-set-up man, who had married twice; both of his wives had brought him money. Each time Montague chose a mate, he had made some effort to follow the leanings of his heart; but money not lying in the same ...
— Sparrows - The Story of an Unprotected Girl • Horace W. C. Newte
... if you know what's good for you. Go to bed, or not, when I get my dogs outside, so help me, onto the sled you go. Mebbe you fooled with me, but I'll just see your bluff and take you in earnest. ...
— The God of His Fathers • Jack London
... sakes as well," said Marion. "You know, mother, that his friend Armstrong is also reported as missing, and Stevenson the marine, as well as that dear big bluff sailor, Jack Molloy. By the way, do you feel well enough to go to the lecture to-night? It is to be a very interesting one, I am told, with magic-lantern illustrations, and I ...
— Blue Lights - Hot Work in the Soudan • R.M. Ballantyne
... with no yards to their masts, British coasters of varying rig, Norwegians, and one solitary Dutch galliot. But the majority flew the Danish flag—your Dane is fond of flying his flag, and small blame to him!—and these exhibited round bluff bows and square-cut counters with white or varnished top-strakes and stern-davits of timber. To the right and seaward, the eye travelled past yet another tier, where a stumpy Swedish tramp lay cheek-by-jowl with two stately Italian barques—now ...
— Hocken and Hunken • A. T. Quiller-Couch
... feet. Along the road which ran almost parallel with the wall was the remnant of what had once been a great woods; yearly the county authorities determined to cut away its thick undergrowth—and yearly left it alone. On the left the road was bare for some distance along the bluff; then, bending, it again sought the shelter of the trees and meandered along until it lost itself in the main street of Sihasset, a village large enough to support three banks and, after a fashion, eight small churches. In front, had the lounger cared to look, he would have seen ...
— Charred Wood • Myles Muredach


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