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Verb
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bluffs, plural;
  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. (bluff) a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
  2. (bluff) deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
  3. (bluff) 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. (bluff) bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"
  5. (bluff) frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
  6. (bluff) pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"
  7. The Scarborough Bluffs is an escarpment in the Scarborough district of Toronto along the shoreline of Lake Ontario.
  8. (Bluff (film)) Bluff is a 2007 Canadian comedy film. It was directed, written and produced by Simon Olivier Fecteau and Marc-André Lavoie.
  9. (Bluff (poker)) 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. (Bluff (Prison Break)) 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 (TV series)) 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) 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. (bluff) 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; ...
  14. To bluff is to make a bet, when you know you have nothing. When you have no hand you hope that you are not called by your opponents. The aim of a bluff is to “buy” a pot because everyone else folds.
  15. (Bluff) 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.
  16. (Bluff) A bet with a weak hand (typically a busted hand), usually intended to get other players to fold.
  17. (Bluff) When a player raises a weak or worthless hand, in an attempt to drive other players out of the game.
  18. (Bluff) The act of betting or raising with the intention of getting someone else to fold a strong hand.
  19. (Bluff) To raise or bet a weak hand in order to make your opponent think you have a strong hand.
  20. (Bluff) When a player pretends to have a strong hand in order to win the pot even when he doesn’t have good cards.
  21. (Bluff) When a player makes a bet into a pot in an attempt to steal it with a weak hand.
  22. (Bluff) Action to bet or raise with an inferior hand to force an opponent to fold a hand that we believe stronger than our own.
  23. (Bluff) To initiate a bet, or raise a bet when you feel you DO NOT have the best hand.
  24. (bluff) In poker, players bluff when raising with a weak hand in hopes of driving out players with stronger hands.
  25. (Bluff) To bet, raise or reraise with the worst hand, in hopes that the remaining players will fold. Bluffing is pretending you have a big hand when you do not.