bluff

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /blʌf/

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• SAMPA: /blVf/

Noun

Singular bluff

Plural bluffs

1. (countable) A bluff is an action which suggests you are strong when you are not.

   He pretended to reach for a gun, but it was a bluff.

Verb

Plain form bluff

Third-person singular bluffs

Past tense bluffed

Past participle bluffed

Present participle bluffing

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you bluff, you pretend to be strong in order to deceive.

   He bluffed his way out of a tight corner.

Related words

• call someone's bluff