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Definitions and meaning of bluff

bluff

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /blʌf/
• Rhymes: -ʌf

Etymology 1

Probably from Dutch bluffen (“to brag”), from Middle Dutch bluffen (“to make something swell; to bluff”); or from the Dutch noun bluf (“bragging”). Related to German verblüffen (“to stump, perplex”).

Noun

bluff (countable and uncountable, plural bluffs)

1. An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.

2. (poker) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.

3. (US, dated) The card game poker.
4. One who bluffs; a bluffer.
5. (slang, dated) An excuse.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Portuguese: bluff, (Brazil) blefe

Translations

Verb

bluff (third-person singular simple present bluffs, present participle bluffing, simple past and past participle bluffed)

1. (poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one's hand is stronger than it is.

2. (by analogy) To frighten or deter with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate and gain some advantage.

3. To take advantage by bluffing.

4. (Manglish, Singlish) To give false information intentionally; to lie; to deceive

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Etymology 2

Related to Middle Low German blaff (“smooth”).

Noun

bluff (plural bluffs)

1. A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
3. (Canadian Prairies) A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.

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Adjective

bluff (comparative bluffer, superlative bluffest)

1. Having a broad, flattened front.

2. Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
   • 1769, William Falconer, "Côte en écore" (entry in An Universal Dictionary of the Marine)

     a bluff or bold shore
3. Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
4. Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners.

   Synonyms: abrupt, unceremonious, blunt, brusque

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Etymology 3

Possibly onomatopoeic, perhaps related to blow and puff.

Verb

bluff (third-person singular simple present bluffs, present participle bluffing, simple past and past participle bluffed)

1. To fluff, puff or swell up.

Translations

References

• “bluff” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Further reading

• bluff on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bluff in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Danish

Alternative forms

• bluf

Etymology

Borrowed from English bluff.

Noun

bluff n

1. bluff

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bluff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blœf/

Noun

bluff m (plural bluffs)

1. (chiefly card games) bluff

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: بلوف (bluf)
  • Turkish: blöf
• → Polish: bluff

Further reading

• “bluff”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bluff.

Noun

bluff m

1. (poker) bluff
2. bluff (false expression of the strength of one's position)

Further reading

• bluff in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French bluff, from English bluff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛf/
• Rhymes: -ɛf
• Syllabification: bluff

Noun

bluff m inan

1. (card games) Alternative spelling of blef

Declension

Further reading

• bluff in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bluff in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• (Brazil) blefe

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bluff.

Pronunciation

Noun

bluff m (invariable)

1. bluff (lie intended to deceive)
2. (poker) bluff

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bluff.

Noun

bluff n (plural bluffuri)

1. bluff

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bluff. According to SO attested since 1903.

Noun

bluff c

1. A bluff (act of bluffing).

   Synonyms: falskspel, lurendrejeri, lögn

2. (poker) A bluff.
3. A bluff (one who bluffs).

   Synonyms: lurendrejare, lögnare

Declension

Related terms

• bluffa
• bluffare
• bluffmakare

Source: wiktionary.org