Bluff - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
verb
- frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
adjective
a bluff and rugged natural leader
Extra examples
...he's a bluff but good-hearted teacher...
She says someone else has made her a higher offer, but I think she's bluffing.
Don't listen to his threats—he's just bluffing you.
I bluffed my way through the interview.
You wouldn't really tell her. You're bluffing!
I hope we'll be able to bluff our way past the guard.
'I was with Don,' she said, deciding to bluff it out (=continue to pretend something).
The threat was only a bluff.
Whatever you say, you must do it. This isn't a game of bluff.
He was a bluff no-nonsense administrator.
Do you think you can bluff the police into believing that you were not at the scene of the crime?
I can't bluff - she'd see right through me.
I decided his double was a bluff
Word forms
I/you/we/they: bluff
he/she/it: bluffs
present participle: bluffing
past tense: bluffed
past participle: bluffed
singular: bluff
plural: bluffs
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