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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.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bluffer noun

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