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bluff
 
Adjective bluff has 2 senses
  1. bluff, bold, sheer - very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock"
    Antonym: gradual (indirect, via steep)
  2. bluff - bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"
    Antonym:     indirect (indirect, via direct)
Noun bluff has 3 senses
  1. bluff - a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
    --1 is a kind of     bank
  2. bluff - pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"
    --2 is a kind of     pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling
    Derived form: verb bluff2
  3. bluff, four flush - the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
    --3 is a kind of deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
    Derived form: verb bluff1
Verb bluff has 2 senses
  1. bluff, bluff out - deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
    --1 is one way to move, go
    Derived forms: noun bluff3, noun bluffer1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. bluff - frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
    --2 is one way to     frighten, fright, scare, affright
    Derived forms: noun bluff2, noun bluffer1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot bluff Sue
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