bluff
bluff
blƌf
blaf
/blƌf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "bluff"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to trick opponents in games like poker by acting confidently with a weak hand, making them think one has a strong hand
Transitive: to bluff an opponent in card games
to bluff definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In a risky move, she bluffed her opponent, hoping he'd fold under pressure.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇, āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻĢ, āĻ­āĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to deceive or mislead someone by pretending to have more strength, confidence, or knowledge than one actually possesses
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He did n’t know the answer but bluffed, trying to sound convincing.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇āύ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻĸāĻžāϞ

a high, steep cliff or bank overlooking a body of water, often formed by erosion or geological processes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They hiked to the bluff to enjoy the panoramic view of the ocean.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύ⧋āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻĢ, āĻ­āĻžāύ

pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
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āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻĢ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž

the act of making deceptive moves, such as betting or raising with a weaker hand, in order to mislead opponents and give the impression of having a stronger hand
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āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻĢ, āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻĢ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž

a card game that is typically played with a standard deck of 52 cards by two or more players, in which the objective is to get rid of all of one's cards by playing them face down, while bluffing about the cards being played
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϰāĻŽ āĻŦ⧁āϚ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞāĻĢ

a lesbian who combines both masculine and soft, gentle traits in appearance or personality
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Everyone admired her bluff energy at the party.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ bluff āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϏ⧋āϜāĻž

very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
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āϏāϰāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻĻāϝāĻŧ, āϰ⧂āĻĸāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻĻāϝāĻŧ

bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

bluffer
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