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Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adjective

Proper Noun

The word "bluff" can be used as noun, verb, adjective, adjective and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Bluffton Council Bluffs DeValls Bluff Georgian Bluffs Poplar Bluff Red Bluff Scotts Bluff County all bluff and bluster at first bluff blind man's bluff bluff catcher bluff charge bluff out bluff-bowed bluff-headed bluffable bluffer bluffingly blufflike bluffly bluffness blufftop call someone's bluff counterbluff double bluff double-bluff outbluff post oak bluff quadruple bluff rebluff rebluff semi-bluff triple bluff unbluffed

Etymologically Related To

blow puff

Context

canadian prairies card game poker slang us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

affright bank deceit deception dissembling dissimulation feigning fright frighten go move pretence pretense scare

Type Of (IsA)

bank deception pretense

Manner Of

frighten move

Related Terms

advantage bluffer braggadocio churlish excuse frank hand hearty intimidate new zealand poker poplar south island stand strength temerity willow wood

Similar Terms

direct direct steep steep

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