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bluff
has definitions from the fields of cards,geography,games
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[ noun ] (geography) a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)There were three houses in Salyer_'s_Canyon just at the foot of a low bluff , the road winding along the top , entering above , and_then passing down in_front_of the houses , thence to the Vermejo . To the west of this road was another low bluff , forty or fifty feet high , covered with scrub_oak and other brush . As they were riding along this winding road on the bench of land between the two bluffs , a volley of rifle fire suddenly crashed around the two officers . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)They stayed in their own world on the bluff , waiting for letters and the peddler , bringing the news . Related terms |
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[ noun ] pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
Examples "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted" Used in print (Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)There were seven of them , enough for a show of strength - to run a bluff . If the bluff failed and they ran_into trouble , Brannon had told the others , they would withdraw - and he would come after his son another time . Related terms |
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[ verb ] frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
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[ adjective ] bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured
Examples "a bluff but pleasant manner" "a bluff and rugged natural leader" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (cards) the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
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