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   bluff

   /blʌf/

   noun

   • 1. an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something: "the offer was denounced as a bluff"

   verb

   • 1. try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions: "he's been bluffing all along" Similar pretendshamfakefeignput on an actput it onliehoaxposeposturemasqueradedissembledissimulateinformal:kiddeceivedeludemisleadtrickfoolhoodwinkdupehoaxtake inbeguilehumbugbamboozlegullcheatinformal:conkidput one over onhave onpull the wool over someone's eyesvulgar slang:bullshitarchaic:cozen
   • ▪ survive a difficult situation by maintaining a pretence: "there's no point in trying to bluff it out"

   Word Origin late 17th century (originally in the sense ‘blindfold, hoodwink’): from Dutch bluffen ‘brag’, or bluf ‘bragging’. The current sense (originally US, mid 19th century) originally referred to bluffing in the game of poker.

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   What does bluffed mean?

   • Nautical. (of the bow of a vessel) having a full, blunt form. a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face. North Dakota, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Prairie Provinces. a clump or grove of trees on a prairie or other generally treeless area. He bluffed me into believing that he was a doctor. He bluffed his way into the job.

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   What is Bluff?

   • Bluff - Play Now! "Spiel des Jahres 1993", 4th Place "Deutscher Spielepreis" Bluff is a dice game with very easy rules. Each player gets a certain number of dice, which he keeps secretly under his cup. The game is about estimating how many dice there are between all the players of a certain value.

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   What does Calling Your Bluff mean?

   • The expression "calling your bluff " comes from poker, where you "call" a game to see someone's actual cards. Calling someone's bluff means forcing them to admit the truth. Bluff can mean a high cliff, or it can describe a person who is abrupt in manner. The most common usage of bluff is as a verb meaning to pretend.

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   What does bluff mean in a letter?

   • A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it. The letter was a bluff. If you bluff, you try to make someone believe that you will do something although you do not really intend to do it, or that you know something when you do not really know it.

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    Bluff definition: good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken. See examples of BLUFF used in a sentence.