bluff, blunt, brusque, curt, crusty, gruff mean abrupt and unceremonious in speech and manner. bluff connotes good-natured outspokenness and unconventionality.

bluff noun [C] (CLIFF) (used in many names of places) a cliff or steep slope, often above a river: Council Bluffs, Iowa

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.

1. to mislead or intimidate by a display of strength, self-confidence, or the like. 2. to achieve by bluffing: to bluff one's way into a job. 3. to deceive (an opponent in poker) by betting heavily on a weak hand.

Apr 26, 2024 · Cormorant colonies can grow so large that they take over the entire bluff. Kingfishers don’t nest on top the bluff, but dig a burrow directly in it. They prefer burrows on bluffs with little …

Idioms call someone's bluff, to expose a person's deception; challenge someone to carry out a threat: He always said he would quit, so we finally called his bluff.

Jan 14, 2026 · bluff (third-person singular simple present bluffs, present participle bluffing, simple past and past participle bluffed) (poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one’s hand is stronger …

2) In terms of behaviour, a bluff refers to an act of deception or false display of confidence, typically used in games or strategic situations to trick or mislead someone into believing something other than the …

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adjective Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain. from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.