Dec 1, 2012 · 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

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.

Dec 24, 2025 · 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 …

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.

BLUFF definition: good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken. See examples of bluff used in a sentence.

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.

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 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 …

The evolution of The Bluffs Course continues today with the addition the new fairway and green complex on the iconic 12th hole. This dramatic par four runs along the bluff and now offers a second option for …