Bluff

What do we mean by bluff?

A steep headland, promontory, riverbank, or cliff. noun

Having or showing a rough and blunt but not unkind manner. adjective

Having a broad, steep front. adjective

To engage in a false display of confidence or aggression in order to deceive or intimidate someone. intransitive verb

To make a display of aggression, as by charging or baring the teeth, as a means of intimidating another animal. intransitive verb

To try to mislead opponents in a card game by heavy betting on a poor hand or by little or no betting on a good one. intransitive verb

To deceive or intimidate (someone) by a false display of confidence or aggression. intransitive verb

To try to mislead (opponents) in a card game by heavy betting on a poor hand or by little or no betting on a good one. intransitive verb

To start but not carry out (an action) as a means of deceiving or intimidating another. intransitive verb

The act or practice of bluffing. noun

(bluff (one's) way) To deceive someone or accomplish something by making a false display. idiom

An isolated group of trees on the prairie. noun

Having or presenting a broad, flattened front, as a ship with broad bows and nearly vertical stem.

Rising abruptly and boldly, as a high bank on the shore of a sea, lake, or river; presenting a bold and nearly perpendicular front, as a coastline or a range of low hills.

Broad and full: specially applied to a full countenance, indicative of frankness and good humor.

Hence Rough and hearty; plain and frank; somewhat abrupt and unconventional in manner.

Blustering; pompous; surly; churlish.

A hill, bank, or headland with a steep, broad face; a high bank presenting a steep or nearly perpendicular front, especially one on the shore of a sea, lake, or river; also, a steep rise between bottom-land and a higher table-land. noun

A blinker for a horse. noun

A game at cards; poker. noun

An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.

An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.

The card game poker.

One who bluffs; a bluffer.

An excuse.

Words that are spelled similarly to bluff:
bluff, buff, fluff, luff, sluff, bruff, cluff, blaff, pluff, bluf.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word bluff:
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Words that rhyme with bluff:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe bluff:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective bluff:
body, manner, man, head, dweller, heartiness, way, face, side, soldier, honesty, retreat, erosion, dwellers, beach, headland, land, bows, calling, geniality, sort, alluwe, crest, feet, cordiality, person, formation, kind, point, sailor, disdain, humor, fashion, bodies, voice, edge, recession, deposit, respect, brogan, flow, tone, humour, confidence, mile, gore, mining, invercargill, camaraderie, frankness, raise, accent, exterior, material, familiarity, clay, conviction, country, sincerity, shape, authority, melbourne, boats, shapes, stewart, top, angle, bonhomie, cooperation, boldness, war, kindness, squire, bravado, aerodynamics, stabilization, failure, bank, ridge, bow, sections, tops, morphology, integrity, charge, courtesy, good, unfriendliness, miles, creek, lands, ogallalla, site, devotion, english, the, rock.

Words that sound like bluff:
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