bluff

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My relatives all said that they received no call, and told me of course those guys always bluff.

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a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bluff gathered in one view.

noun

a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

noun

pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"

noun

the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bluff.

noun

a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

noun

pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"

noun

the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

verb

deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

verb

frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

adjective

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"

adjective

bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"

Example sentences

My relatives all said that they received no call, and told me of course those guys always bluff.

How many of us had to bluff our way through the first gatekeeper on tech support like this?

And if someone is bluffing the last thing you want to do is let them know or that you think that they are bluffing.

Paying to license patents from a patent holder is hardly calling their bluff.

I think they were so sure of this, in fact, that they made few arrangements for the contingency that Apple might just call their bluff.

The occasional deviation from the typical strategy is like a bluff in cards.

That's pretty obviously bullying, and the Ecuadorean government has simply called uncle sam's bluff.

One security guy asked me to calm down but i kept on bluffing, i told them my flight was twenty one hours long non stop and that they are wasting more of my time.

Can anybody just tell a credit score company, "X didn't pay me money, knock their score down"?I'm just wondering if this is a bluff, which it probably is.

Honestly, the idea that the NSA is going to go after senators and congressmen for doing their jobs with broad popular support is just a pure and obvious bluff.

Then when they maintained their power by openly stealing elections, we didn't call their bluff because we were trying to pretend that they are an independent country.

In the article you refer to[1], it is shown that IBM was not the aggressor, as TurboHercules filed the first complaint, and the "threat letter" was merely IBM calling their bluff: "Your suggestion that TurboHercules was unaware that IBM has intellectual property rights in this area is surprising.