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Definition of 'Bluff' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) bluff
good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken.

2.  bluff
presenting a bold and nearly perpendicular front:
a bluff, precipitous headland.

3. (n.) bluff
a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face.

4. (v.t.) bluff
to mislead or intimidate by a display of strength, self-confidence, or the like.

5.  bluff
to achieve by bluffing:
to bluff one's way into a job.

6.  bluff
to deceive (an opponent in poker) by betting heavily on a weak hand.

7. (v.i.) bluff
to put on a bold or self-confident front in order to mislead.

8. (n.) bluff
an act or instance of bluffing.

9.  bluff
a person who bluffs; bluffer.

10.  bluff
call someone's bluff, to challenge someone to carry out a threat.

Etymology:  (1665–75)

Definition of 'Bluff' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) bluff
a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

2. (noun) bluff
pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
"his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"

3. (adj) bluff, four flush
the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

4. (adj) bluff, 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"

5. (verb) bluff
bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured
"a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"

6. (verb) bluff, bluff out
deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

7. (verb) bluff
frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is


Definition of 'Bluff' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) bluff
to try to deceive
She'd been bluffing throughout the game.

2. (noun) bluff
an attempt to deceive
I could tell it was a bluff.

3.  bluff
call sb's bluff
to challenge sb when you do not believe what they say
I called his bluff and asked him to show me the money.


Definition of 'Bluff' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Bluff
having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship

2. (adj) Bluff
rising steeply with a flat or rounded front

3. (adj) Bluff
surly; churlish; gruff; rough

4. (adj) Bluff
abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain

5. (noun) Bluff
a high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face

6. (noun) Bluff
an act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff

7. (noun) Bluff
a game at cards; poker

8. (verb) Bluff
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

9. (verb) Bluff
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

10. (verb) Bluff
to act as in the game of bluff


Translation of 'Bluff' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: rough, hearty and frank
a bluff and friendly manner.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kortaf Arabic flag Arabic: صَريحٌ وَفَظ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: откровен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: franco Czech flag Czech: přímý, otevřený German flag German: gutmütig
Danish flag Danish: bramfri; jævn; ligefrem Greek flag Greek: ντόμπρος Spanish flag Spanish: directo
Estonian flag Estonian: lihtne Farsi flag Farsi: خشن و رک Finnish flag Finnish: suorasukainen
French flag French: direct Hebrew flag Hebrew: גַס אָבַל יָשַר וּלבָבִי Hindi flag Hindi: बेतकल्लुफ
Croatian flag Croatian: nagao, grub Hungarian flag Hungarian: nyers modorú (de egyenes) Indonesian flag Indonesian: terus terang, menggertak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hispurslaus, hreinn og be Italian flag Italian: franco Japanese flag Japanese: ぶっきら棒な
Korean flag Korean: 솔직한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tiesus, status Latvian flag Latvian: tiešs
Malay flag Malay: suka berterus terang dan Dutch flag Dutch: rondborstig Norwegian flag Norwegian: rett fram, barsk, djerv,
Polish flag Polish: rubaszny Persian flag Persian: خشن و رک Pashto flag Pashto: باټی،لاپی وهل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: rude Romanian flag Romanian: direct Russian flag Russian: грубовато-добродушный
Slovak flag Slovak: otvorený Slovenian flag Slovenian: odkrit Serbian flag Serbian: srdačan
Swedish flag Swedish: burdus, hjärtlig, rättfra Thai flag Thai: เป็นมิตรแต่โผงผาง Turkish flag Turkish: açık sözlü, dobra dobra
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 粗率的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: грубувато-прямий Urdu flag Urdu: کھرا، صاف دل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chất phác Chinese flag Chinese: 粗率的

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