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(Entry 1 of 3)
being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner
- he's a bluff but good-hearted teacher
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nounSynonyms of bluff (Entry 2 of 3)
a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice
- fossils embedded in a stone bluff that date from the Jurassic period
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of bluff (Entry 3 of 3)
1
to cause to believe what is untrue
- I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau
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2
to present a false appearance of
- the basketball player bluffed a shot, then passed instead
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The first known use of bluff was in 1627
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