bluff 音标拼音: [bl'ʌf]
n . 断崖,绝壁,吓唬
a . 直率的
vt .
vi . 吓唬,欺骗
断崖,绝壁,吓唬直率的吓唬,欺骗
bluff adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
bluff },
{
bold }, {
sheer }]
2 :
bluntly direct and outspoken but good -
natured ; "
a bluff but pleasant manner "; "
a bluff and rugged natural leader "
n 1 :
a high steep bank (
usually formed by river erosion )
2 :
pretense that your position is stronger than it really is ;
"
his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted "
3 :
the act of bluffing in poker ;
deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards [
synonym : {
bluff }, {
four flush }]
v 1 :
deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand [
synonym :
{
bluff }, {
bluff out }]
2 :
frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is Bluff \
Bluff \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Bluffed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Bluffing }.]
1 . (
Poker )
To deter (
an opponent )
from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards ,
as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value . [
U .
S .]
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one '
s strength or resources ;
as ,
he bluffed me off . [
Colloq .]
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Bluff \
Bluff \,
v .
i .
To act as in the game of bluff .
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Bluff \
Bluff \,
a . [
Cf .
OD .
blaf flat ,
broad ,
blaffaert one with a broad face ,
also ,
a boaster ;
or G .
verbl ["
u ]
ffen to confuse ,
LG .
bluffen to frighten ;
to unknown origin .]
1 .
Having a broad ,
flattened front ;
as ,
the bluff bows of a ship . "
Bluff visages ." --
Irving .
[
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2 .
Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front . "
A bluff or bold shore ." --
Falconer .
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Its banks ,
if not really steep ,
had a bluff and precipitous aspect . --
Judd .
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3 .
Surly ;
churlish ;
gruff ;
rough .
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4 .
Abrupt ;
roughly frank ;
unceremonious ;
blunt ;
brusque ;
as ,
a bluff answer ;
a bluff manner of talking ;
a bluff sea captain . "
Bluff King Hal ." --
Sir W .
Scott .
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There is indeed a bluff pertinacity which is a proper defense in a moment of surprise . --
I .
Taylor .
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Bluff \
Bluff \,
n .
1 .
A high ,
steep bank ,
as by a river or the sea ,
or beside a ravine or plain ;
a cliff with a broad face .
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Beach ,
bluff ,
and wave ,
adieu . --
Whittier .
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2 .
An act of bluffing ;
an expression of self -
confidence for the purpose of intimidation ;
braggadocio ;
as ,
that is only bluff ,
or a bluff .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
A game at cards ;
poker . [
U .
S .] --
Bartlett .
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386 Moby Thesaurus words for "
bluff ":
Herod ,
abrupt ,
act ,
act a part ,
acting ,
affable ,
affect ,
affectation ,
aggressive ,
appearance ,
approachable ,
artful dodge ,
artifice ,
artless ,
assume ,
attitudinizing ,
bag of tricks ,
bamboozle ,
barefaced ,
bearish ,
beastly ,
beguile ,
betray ,
biggety ,
blagueur ,
blatherskite ,
blind ,
bluff off ,
bluffer ,
bluffing ,
blunt ,
blunt -
edged ,
blunt -
ended ,
blunt -
pointed ,
blunted ,
bluntish ,
bluster ,
bluster and bluff ,
blusterer ,
blustering ,
boastfulness ,
boasting ,
bold ,
bombast ,
born yesterday ,
bosey ,
bounce ,
brag ,
braggart ,
bragging ,
brash ,
bravado ,
bravo ,
breakneck ,
brief ,
broad ,
brusque ,
bucko ,
bullshit ,
bully ,
bullyboy ,
bullying ,
bustle ,
cajole ,
candid ,
catch ,
cavalier ,
charlatan ,
cheat on ,
cheating ,
cheeky ,
chicanery ,
childlike ,
chouse ,
churlish ,
chutzpadik ,
circumvent ,
cliff ,
cocky ,
color ,
coloring ,
confiding ,
conjure ,
contemptuous ,
counterfeit ,
cover up ,
cozen ,
crag ,
crude ,
crusty ,
curt ,
curve ,
curve -
ball ,
deceive ,
deception ,
delude ,
delusion ,
derisive ,
design ,
device ,
diddle ,
direct ,
dirty deal ,
dirty trick ,
disguise ,
disrespectful ,
dissemblance ,
dissemble ,
dissembling ,
dissimulate ,
dissimulation ,
dodge ,
double -
cross ,
downright ,
dull ,
dull -
edged ,
dull -
pointed ,
dulled ,
dullish ,
dupe ,
edgeless ,
escarpment ,
explicit ,
facade ,
face ,
facy ,
faired ,
fake ,
faker ,
fakery ,
faking ,
false air ,
false front ,
false show ,
falsity ,
fanfaron ,
fanfaronade ,
fast deal ,
feign ,
feigning ,
feint ,
fetch ,
ficelle ,
flip ,
flippant ,
flurry ,
fluster ,
fool ,
forestall ,
forthright ,
four -
flush ,
four -
flushing ,
fourflusher ,
frank ,
frankhearted ,
fraud ,
free ,
free -
speaking ,
free -
spoken ,
free -
tongued ,
fresh ,
friendly ,
frighten off ,
front ,
fuss ,
gally ,
gambit ,
gammon ,
gasconade ,
genuine ,
get around ,
gilt ,
gimmick ,
gloss ,
good -
natured ,
googly ,
gratuitous ,
gruff ,
guileless ,
gull ,
harsh ,
headland ,
headlong ,
heart -
to -
heart ,
hearty ,
hector ,
hectorer ,
hectoring ,
hoax ,
hocus -
pocus ,
honest ,
hoodwink ,
hornswaggle ,
hot air ,
humbug ,
humbuggery ,
impersonator ,
impertinent ,
impostor ,
imposture ,
impudent ,
ingenu ,
ingenuous ,
innocent ,
intimidate ,
intimidation ,
joke ,
joker ,
juggle ,
kid ,
laconic ,
let down ,
let on ,
let on like ,
make a pretense ,
make as if ,
make believe ,
make like ,
malapert ,
malingerer ,
masquerade ,
meretriciousness ,
mislead ,
mock ,
mountebank ,
naive ,
nervy ,
no -
nonsense ,
obtuse ,
open ,
openhearted ,
ostentation ,
out -
herod Herod ,
outmaneuver ,
outreach ,
outsmart ,
outspoken ,
outward show ,
outwit ,
overreach ,
palisade ,
palisades ,
pass ,
pert ,
phony ,
pigeon ,
plain ,
plain -
spoken ,
plainspoken ,
play ,
play a part ,
play one false ,
play possum ,
playact ,
playacting ,
ploy ,
plunging ,
pointless ,
pose ,
poser ,
poseur ,
posing ,
posture ,
precipice ,
precipitous ,
pretend ,
pretender ,
pretense ,
pretension ,
pretext ,
profess ,
promontory ,
puffery ,
put on ,
put something over ,
put to flight ,
quack ,
quacksalver ,
quackster ,
rage ,
rant ,
ranter ,
rapid ,
rave ,
raver ,
representation ,
ringer ,
rodomontade ,
roister ,
roisterer ,
rollick ,
rough ,
round ,
rounded ,
rude ,
ruse ,
saltimbanco ,
sassy ,
saucy ,
scar ,
scare away ,
scarp ,
scheme ,
scurvy trick ,
seeming ,
semblance ,
severe ,
sham ,
shammer ,
sharp ,
sheer ,
shift ,
short ,
show ,
side ,
simple ,
simplehearted ,
simpleminded ,
simulacrum ,
simulate ,
simulation ,
sincere ,
single -
hearted ,
single -
minded ,
slang ,
sleight ,
sleight of hand ,
sleight -
of -
hand trick ,
smart ,
smart -
alecky ,
smart -
ass ,
smoothed ,
snippety ,
snippy ,
snow ,
speciousness ,
splutter ,
sputter ,
steep ,
storm ,
straight ,
straight -
out ,
straightforward ,
stratagem ,
string along ,
subterfuge ,
surly ,
swagger ,
swaggerer ,
swashbuckle ,
swashbuckler ,
swashbucklery ,
swasher ,
tactless ,
take in ,
tart ,
terse ,
to the point ,
transparent ,
trick ,
truculent ,
trustful ,
trusting ,
two -
time ,
uncalled -
for ,
unchecked ,
unconstrained ,
unedged ,
unequivocal ,
unguarded ,
unpointed ,
unreserved ,
unrestrained ,
unsharp ,
unsharpened ,
unsophisticated ,
unsuspicious ,
unwary ,
vapor ,
vaporer ,
varnish ,
vertical ,
wall ,
wile ,
window dressing ,
wise -
ass
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BLUFF Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster bluff, blunt, brusque, curt, crusty, gruff mean abrupt and unceremonious in speech and manner bluff connotes good-natured outspokenness and unconventionality
BLUFF Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com BLUFF definition: good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken See examples of bluff used in a sentence
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Bluff - definition of bluff by The Free Dictionary 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
BLUFF definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary 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
BLUFF | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary bluff noun [C] (CLIFF) (used in many names of places) a cliff or steep slope, often above a river: Council Bluffs, Iowa
Bluff - National Geographic Society A bluff is a small, rounded cliff that usually overlooks a body of water, or where a body of water once stood Sam's Throne, above, is a bluff in the Ozark Mountains in the U S state of Arkansas
Bluff Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary If you have made a bluff or a threat and people call your bluff, they tell you to do the thing you have threatened to do because they do not believe that you will really do it
Bluff - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Bluff can mean a high cliff, or it can describe a person who is abrupt in manner The most common usage of bluff is as a verb meaning to pretend If you bluff at cards, you are pretending to have a better hand than you do
BLUFF | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary BLUFF meaning: 1 to deceive someone by making them think either that you are going to do something when you… Learn more