Bluff
[blʌf]
Definition
(noun.) the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards.
(noun.) pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; 'his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted'.
(noun.) a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion).
(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.
(adj.) bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; 'a bluff but pleasant manner'; 'a bluff and rugged natural leader' .
(adj.) 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' .
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Definition
(a.) Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.
(a.) Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
(a.) Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
(a.) Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain.
(n.) A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
(n.) An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff.
(n.) A game at cards; poker.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To act as in the game of bluff.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Blustering, swaggering, bullying, vaporing, pompous, coarse, rude, BLUNT, gruff, churlish, bearish.
n. Precipitous bank (especially on the margin of a river or the sea).
v. a. [Low.] Repulse (by a bluff manner), repel, snub, bluff off, send away with a flea in one's ear.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Bare, open, bold, abrupt, frank, plain-spoken, blunt, surly, rude, blustering,swaggering, brusque, hectoring, coarse, discourteous, rough, bullying
ANT:Undulating, inclined, inabrupt, courteous, polished, reserved
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Definition
adj. blustering: rough and hearty in manners: outspoken: steep.—n. a high steep bank overlooking the sea or a river: the act of bluffing at cards as in poker—hence any kind of boastful swagger intended to impose upon another: (slang) an excuse.—adjs. Bluff′-bowed having broad and flat bows as a ship; Bluff′-head′ed applied to a ship having her stem too straight up.—adv. Bluff′ly.—n. Bluff′ness.
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Examples
- Steel's Bayou empties into the Yazoo River between Haines' Bluff and its mouth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In this young sportsman, distinguished by a crisply curling auburn head and a bluff countenance, the Secretary descried the orphan. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He debarked his troops and apparently made every preparation to attack the enemy while the navy bombarded the main forts at Haines' Bluff. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You said nothing so well, Sir Knight, I will be sworn, when you held drunken vespers with the bluff Hermit. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The rebel positions were on a bluff on the Yazoo River, some miles above its mouth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Edison gave him one quick, searching glance and, detecting a bluff, replied in an offhand manner: There's a five-pound bottle in No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The river was very high, the banks being overflowed except where the bluffs come to the water's edge. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At a little distance up the river rose mighty perpendicular bluffs, from the very base of which the great river seemed to rise. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The gunboats ran up close under the bluffs, delivering their fire in return at short distances, probably without much effect. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It runs in a direction almost perpendicular to the line of bluffs on the opposite side, or east bank, of the river. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At places it runs to the very foot of the bluffs. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Having accomplished this they recrossed the Alleghanies to Meadow Bluffs and there awaited further orders. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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