bluff
- bluff
- I UK [blʌf] / US
verb intransitive/transitive]
Word forms "bluff":
present tense
I/you/we/they bluff
he/she/it bluffs
present participle bluffing
past tense bluffed
past participle bluffed
to deliberately give a false idea to someone about what you intend to do, or about the facts of a situation, especially in order to gain an advantage
They said they'd had another offer, but we knew they were just bluffing.
She managed to bluff her way past the guards, by saying she was a journalist.
II UK [blʌf] / US
noun
Word forms "bluff":
singular bluff
plural bluffs
1) countable/uncountable] an attempt to give a false idea to someone about what you intend to do, or about the facts of a situation, especially in order to gain an advantage
She said she would leave her job, but it was just a bluff.
The offer was pure bluff.
2) countable] a steep cliff by the sea or by a river
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III UK [blʌf] / US
adjective British
a) someone who is bluff has a very direct manner that might offend some people, but is friendly and happy and does not intend to upset anyone
b) used about the behaviour of such a person
His bluff manner of speaking put off some people.
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