| NOUN | object | bluff | a high steep bank / bank (usually formed by river erosion) |
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| communication | bluff | pretense that your position is stronger than it really is | |
| act | bluff, four flush | the act of bluffing in poker | |
| VERB | competition | bluff, bluff out | deceive / deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand |
| communication | bluff | frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | bluff, bold, sheer | very steep |
| all | bluff | bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured |
| Sounds | blah'f | |
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| Rhymes | aleph ... woodruff: 40 rhymes with ahf... | |
| Meaning | Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front. | |
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| Example | "a bluff headland" | |
| Synonyms | bold, sheer | |
| Broader | steep | Having a sharp inclination |
| Spanish | perpendicular | |
| Meaning | bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured. | |
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| Broader | direct | Straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action |
| Nouns | bluffness | good-natured frankness |
| Adverbs | bluffly | in a blunt direct manner |
| Meaning | A high steep bank / bank (usually formed by river erosion). | |
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| Broader | bank | A long ridge or pile |
| Spanish | risco | |
| Meaning | pretense that your position is stronger than it really is. | |
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| Example | "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted" | |
| Broader | pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling | pretending with intention to deceive / deceive |
| Spanish | bluff, fanafarronada, farol | |
| Catalan | bluf, fanfarronada | |
| Verbs | bluff | frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is |
| Meaning | The act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false / false / false / false show of confidence / confidence in the strength of your cards. | |
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| Synonym | four flush | |
| Broader | deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation | The act of deceiving / deceiving |
| Spanish | farol, petate | |
| Catalan | catxa | |
| Verbs | bluff | deceive / deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand |
| Meaning | deceive / deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | bluff out | |
| Category | card game, cards | A game / game played with playing cards |
| Broader | move, go | Have a turn |
| Spanish | tirarse un farol | |
| Nouns | bluff | the act of bluffing in poker |
| bluffer | a person who tries to bluff other people | |
| Meaning | frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | |
| Model | Sam cannot bluff Sue | |
| Broader | frighten, fright, scare, affright | drive out by frightening |
| Nouns | bluff | pretense that your position is stronger than it really is |
| bluffer | a person who tries to bluff other people | |
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