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Adjective
/bləf/,
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bluffs, plural;
  1. (of a cliff or a ship's bow) Having a vertical or steep broad front

Verb
  1. Try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions
    • - he's been bluffing all along
    • - “I am an accredited envoy,” he bluffed
  2. Mislead (someone) in this way
    • - the object is to bluff your opponent into submission
  3. (in a card game) Bet heavily on a weak hand in order to deceive opponents

  4. Contrive a difficult escape or other achievement by maintaining a pretense
    • - he bluffed his way onto an Antarctic supply vessel
Noun
  1. A steep cliff, bank, or promontory

  2. A grove or clump of trees

  1. deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
  2. a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
  3. 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"
  4. bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"
  5. frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
  6. pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"
  7. Bluff is a 2007 Canadian comedy film. It was directed, written and produced by Simon Olivier Fecteau and Marc-André Lavoie.
  8. The Bluff or Uptown (also known by its former name Soho) is a neighborhood in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the southeast of the city's Central Business District. ...
  9. In the card game of poker, a bluff is a bet or raise made with a hand which is not thought to be the best hand. To bluff is to make such a bet. The objective of a bluff is to induce a fold by at least one opponent who holds a better hand. ...
  10. The first season of Prison Break, an American serial drama television series, commenced airing in the United States and Canada on August 29, 2005 on Mondays at 9:00 pm (EST) on the Fox Broadcasting Company. ...
  11. Bluff was a Canadian television game show hosted by Mike Darrow which aired on CBC Television on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 between October 6, 1976 and April 27, 1977. Produced by Riff Markowitz and co-ordinating producer was Jack Budgell.
  12. The Bluff is the highest point of the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory located in the Caribbean, with an altitude of 43 metres (141 ft).
  13. An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff; An attempt to represent yourself as holding a stronger hand than you do; To make a bluff; Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship; Rising ...
  14. (bluffness) The quality of being bluff
  15. (Bluffing) Playing a worthless hand as a very strong hand.
  16. (BLUFFING) The act of deliberately playing a phoney word. This is completely ethical and is a weapon used by many experts, even against other experts.
  17. (Bluffing) One thing I love about the game is it brings the fun of social interaction to its potential limit. A Cylon player has many different bluffing strategies up his sleeve, and humans need to work out the true intentions behind everyone’s actions. ...
  18. (bluffing) A strategy for responding to essay questions; providing an answer that may not directly address the question.
  19. (bluffing) In Caribbean Poker this is sometimes used to describe a player who stays on a losing hand with hopes that the dealer will not qualify. Not the same as a true bluff.
  20. Bluffing is an act of deception that is not usually seen as immoral because it takes place in the context of a game where this kind of deception is consented to in advance by the players. ...
  21. Definition: "Bluffing" is a term used to describe an aggressive stage noted in adolescent parrots of certain species. It is particularly common in the Indian Ringneck Parakeet. ...
  22. To bet when you hold a weak hand, hoping that the intimidation factor of your bet can win the hand.
  23. To make other players believe that one has a better hand than he/she might otherwise have by betting or raising when they do not have the best hand.
  24. In poker, players bluff when raising with a weak hand in hopes of driving out players with stronger hands.
  25. To bet a weak hand in hopes of causing your opponents to fold.