bluff

1 of 4

adjective

ˈbləf

: having a broad flattened front

a ship with bluff bows

: rising steeply with a broad flat or rounded front

the bluff banks of the river

: good-naturedly frank and outspoken

a bluff, easygoing fellow

bluffly adverb

bluffness noun

bluff

2 of 4

noun (1)

: a high steep bank : cliff

stood on the bluffs overlooking the ocean

bluff

3 of 4

verb

bluffed; bluffing; bluffs

transitive verb

: to deter or frighten by pretense or a mere show of strength

bluffed them into surrendering

: deceive

bluff her way in without a ticket

: feign

The catcher bluffed a throw to first.

card games : to deceive (an opponent) by a bold bet on an inferior hand

was bluffed out of a winning hand

intransitive verb

: to bluff someone : act deceptively

You can tell when he is bluffing.

bluffer noun

bluff

4 of 4

noun (2)

: a false threat or claim intended to deter or deceive someone : an act or instance of bluffing (see bluff entry 3)

Having … nothing to support his pretensions he decided to put up a bluff.

Sherwood Anderson

His boss called his bluff.

: the practice of bluffing

The agreement had been reached, after weeks of bluff and haggle …

Time

: one who bluffs

Synonyms

Adjective

abrupt
blunt
brusque
brusk
crusty
curt
downright
short
short-spoken
snippy
unceremonious

Noun (1)

barranca
barranco
cliff
crag
escarpment
palisade
precipice
scar
scarp

Verb

bamboozle
beguile
buffalo
burn
catch
con
cozen
deceive
delude
dupe
fake out
fool
gaff
gammon
gull
have
have on [chiefly British]
hoax
hoodwink
hornswoggle
humbug
juggle
misguide
misinform
mislead
snooker
snow
spoof
string along
suck in
sucker
take in
trick

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Kids Definition

bluff 1 of 4

adjective

ˈbləf

: rising steeply with a broad front

a bluff shoreline

: frank and outspoken in a rough but good-natured way

bluff

2 of 4

noun

: a high steep bank : cliff

bluff

3 of 4

verb

bluffed; bluffing

: to deceive or frighten by pretending to have more strength or confidence than is really true

bluff

4 of 4

noun

: an act or instance of pretending to have more strength, confidence, or ability than is really true

bluffs 1 of 2

noun

plural of bluff

as in cliffs

a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice fossils embedded in a stone bluff that date from the Jurassic period

Synonyms & Similar Words

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cliffs
escarpments
palisades
crags
precipices
scarps
scars
barrancas
buttes
embankments
hogbacks
tors
barrancos
cuestas
declivities
bulwarks
pitches
drop-offs

bluffs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bluff

as in fools

to cause to believe what is untrue I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau

Synonyms & Similar Words

fools
tricks
deceives
gulls
snows
suckers
kids
dupes
gammons
buffaloes
teases
hoaxes
hoodwinks
humbugs
misleads
gaffs
cozens
snookers
cons
deludes
misguides
juggles
cheats
has on
strings along
misinforms
beguiles
spoofs
stings
sucks in
bamboozles
catches
hornswoggles
burns
leads one up the garden path
fakes out
swindles
has
leads one down the garden path
rooks
pulls one's leg
sticks
takes in
pulls the wool over one's eyes
fleeces
does a number on
hustles
mulcts
defrauds
chisels
euchres
skins
flimflams
shortchanges
puts on
bleeds
diddles
squeezes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

exposes
reveals
unmasks
undeceives
uncovers
debunks
divulges
uncloaks
tells
discloses
disabuses
shows up
disillusions
unveils
disenchants

as in pretends

to present a false appearance of the basketball player bluffed a shot, then passed instead

Synonyms & Similar Words

pretends
simulates
assumes
feigns
shams
acts
affects
fakes
dissembles
counterfeits
poses
feints
plays
makes believe
forges
passes (for)
conceals
masquerades
puts on
professes
dissimulates
camouflages
disguises
imitates
playacts
masks
impersonates
lets on
malingers

单词	bluffs
释义	bluff 1 of 4 adjective ˈbləf 1 a : having a broad flattened front a ship with bluff bows b : rising steeply with a broad flat or rounded front the bluff banks of the river 2 : good-naturedly frank and outspoken a bluff, easygoing fellow bluffly adverb bluffness noun bluff 2 of 4 noun (1) : a high steep bank : cliff stood on the bluffs overlooking the ocean bluff 3 of 4 verb bluffed; bluffing; bluffs transitive verb 1 a : to deter or frighten by pretense or a mere show of strength bluffed them into surrendering b : deceive bluff her way in without a ticket c : feign The catcher bluffed a throw to first. 2 card games : to deceive (an opponent) by a bold bet on an inferior hand was bluffed out of a winning hand intransitive verb : to bluff someone : act deceptively You can tell when he is bluffing. bluffer noun bluff 4 of 4 noun (2) 1 a : a false threat or claim intended to deter or deceive someone : an act or instance of bluffing (see bluff entry 3) Having … nothing to support his pretensions he decided to put up a bluff. Sherwood Anderson His boss called his bluff. b : the practice of bluffing The agreement had been reached, after weeks of bluff and haggle … Time 2 : one who bluffs Synonyms Adjective abrupt blunt brusque brusk crusty curt downright short short-spoken snippy unceremonious Noun (1) barranca barranco cliff crag escarpment palisade precipice scar scarp Verb bamboozle beguile buffalo burn catch con cozen deceive delude dupe fake out fool gaff gammon gull have have on [chiefly British] hoax hoodwink hornswoggle humbug juggle misguide misinform mislead snooker snow spoof string along suck in sucker take in trick See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective he's a bluff but good-hearted teacher Verb She says someone else has made her a higher offer, but I think she's bluffing. Don't listen to his threats—he's just bluffing you. I bluffed my way through the interview. Word History Etymology Adjective and Noun (1) obsolete Dutch blaf flat; akin to Middle Low German blaff smooth Verb and Noun (2) probably from Dutch bluffen to boast, play a kind of card game First Known Use Adjective 1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Noun (1) 1666, in the meaning defined above Verb 1791, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a Noun (2) 1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing bluff call one's bluff bluff one's way call someone's bluff call one's bluff bluff one's way call someone's bluff Kids Definition bluff 1 of 4 adjective ˈbləf 1 : rising steeply with a broad front a bluff shoreline 2 : frank and outspoken in a rough but good-natured way bluff 2 of 4 noun : a high steep bank : cliff bluff 3 of 4 verb bluffed; bluffing : to deceive or frighten by pretending to have more strength or confidence than is really true bluff 4 of 4 noun : an act or instance of pretending to have more strength, confidence, or ability than is really true Geographical Definition Bluff geographical name ˈbləf town in southern New Zealand Note: Bluff serves as the port for the city of Invercargill. bluffs 1 of 2 noun plural of bluff as in cliffs a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice fossils embedded in a stone bluff that date from the Jurassic period Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance cliffs escarpments palisades crags precipices scarps scars barrancas buttes embankments hogbacks tors barrancos cuestas declivities bulwarks pitches drop-offs bluffs 2 of 2 verb present tense third-person singular of bluff 1 as in fools to cause to believe what is untrue I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau Synonyms & Similar Words fools tricks deceives gulls snows suckers kids dupes gammons buffaloes teases hoaxes hoodwinks humbugs misleads gaffs cozens snookers cons deludes misguides juggles cheats has on strings along misinforms beguiles spoofs stings sucks in bamboozles catches hornswoggles burns leads one up the garden path fakes out swindles has leads one down the garden path rooks pulls one's leg sticks takes in pulls the wool over one's eyes fleeces does a number on hustles mulcts defrauds chisels euchres skins flimflams shortchanges puts on bleeds diddles squeezes Antonyms & Near Antonyms exposes reveals unmasks undeceives uncovers debunks divulges uncloaks tells discloses disabuses shows up disillusions unveils disenchants See More 2 as in pretends to present a false appearance of the basketball player bluffed a shot, then passed instead Synonyms & Similar Words pretends simulates assumes feigns shams acts affects fakes dissembles counterfeits poses feints plays makes believe forges passes (for) conceals masquerades puts on professes dissimulates camouflages disguises imitates playacts masks impersonates lets on malingers
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