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Meaning bluff meaning

What does bluff mean?
Definitions in simple English

bluff Noun

— A bluff is an action which suggests you are strong when you are not. He pretended to reach for a gun, but it was a bluff.

bluff Verb

— If you bluff, you pretend to be strong in order to deceive. He bluffed his way out of a tight corner.

bluff

— noun a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion) — noun pretense that your position is stronger than it really is his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted — noun the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards — adjective bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured a bluff but pleasant manner a bluff and rugged natural leader — adjective (= bold, sheer) very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front a bluff headland where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise a sheer descent of rock — verb frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is — verb deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

Synonyms bluff synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as bluff?

bluff English » English

cliff deceive trick precipice steep bluster hoax cheat swindle headland dupe deception bold show off sheer hoodwink four flush brusque blunt bluff out bamboozle abrupt threaten terrorize swagger subterfuge snow scarp rock perpendicular outspoken intimidate fraud escarpment deceiver deceit curt crag con bilk wide whistle in the dark wheedle welch vaunt ultra trickery throw thickset thick

Topics bluff topics

What do people use bluff to talk about?
Universe, creation World Land

Mountain

Conjugation bluff conjugation

How do you conjugate bluff?

bluff · verb

Examples bluff examples

How do I use bluff in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Hanako called his bluff.
She was tempted to call his bluff, hardly believing that he would carry out his threat.
We can't call their bluff.
Call Tom's bluff.
Tom called Mary's bluff.
He called her bluff.
It's obviously a bluff.
Tom called my bluff.
Tom plans to call their bluff.

Movie subtitles

You should've called her bluff.
He made some kind of a bluff. What of it?
Yes, if that's what the world wants, bluff.
I can be just as big a bluff as anyone.
Trying to bluff me, eh?
Bluff yourself in.
Blindman's bluff? - That's right.
Steady, boys, bluff them.
What he says is bluff.
Try and bluff me, will he?
Yes. All that's just bluff.
We'll bluff them with this.
We must bluff our way through.
Don't bluff me. I don't care what paper you're editor of.
Say. we could get that old bluff Chandler to buy a portrait from you.
He made some kind of a bluff.
Bluff.
He said you were a sham, nothing but a bluff.
He can't bluff me.
That's just bluff.
We'll bluff them with this. Who's coming?
The whole thing's a bluff.
Talk yourself out of it. Bluff yourself in.
You can stop all this bluff because I happen to know you've borrowed some plans. that belong to the government, and I think it only sporting to tell you. that a large number of detectives are following you around.
After that we can bluff.
You can't bluff me, Burns.
Why, you colossal bluff!
Don't you try to bluff me, Mr. Roderick.
Just don't let him bluff you.
You know that was just a bluff.
Sure. Just a bluff.
You ought to know better than to walk in here and try to bluff me.

News and current affairs

Is this all a bluff?
There is obviously some element of bluff in legislating balanced budgets.
German and European Union policymakers are calling his bluff.
In the midst of the most serious financial crisis in recent memory, the ECB has resorted to an unconvincing bluff, because it has an inflationary expectations problem.
We were bluffing, but our bluff worked.
The regulators called his bluff and forced him to resign.
NEW YORK - For years, Russian President Vladimir Putin has wielded Europe's dependence on his country's natural gas as a foreign-policy weapon, without fear of the European Union calling his bluff - until now.

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