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Look up: Bluff

  1. Bluff
    Bluff is a township in Sumner County Kansas, USA.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Bluff
    A high, steep BANK or CLIFF.
    Found on http://www.csc.noaa.gov/text/glossary.ht

  3. bluff
    [adj] - very steep 2. [adj] - bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured 3. [n] - a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion) 4. [n] - pretense that your position is stronger than it really is 5. [n] - the act of bluffing in poker 6. [v] - deceive an opponent in a card game by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand 7. [v] - frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. bluff
    a non-streamlined body,or a body of low fineness ratio Category: Physics
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Bluff
    Bluff adjective [ Confer OD. blaf flat, broad, blaffaert one with a broad face, also, a boaster; or German verblüffen to confuse, LG. bluffen to frighten; to unknown origin.] 1. Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship. ' Bluff visages.' Irving. 2. Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front. 'A bluff or ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/70

  6. Bluff
    Bluff noun 1. A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face. « Beach, bluff , and wave, adieu. Whittier. » 2. An act of bluffing; an expression of self- confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff , or a bluff . 3. A game at cards; poker. [ ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/70

  7. Bluff
    Bluff transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bluffed ; present participle & verbal noun Bluffing .] 1. (Poker) To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value. [ U. S.] 2. To frighten or dete ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/70

  8. Bluff
    Bluff intransitive verb To act as in the game of bluff.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/70

  9. bluff
    bold 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`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. bluff
    four flush noun the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. bluff
    noun pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; `his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. bluff
    noun a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. bluff
    bluff out verb deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. bluff
    verb frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. bluff
    an abrupt rise in land with a flat or rounded top that runs for some distance; often found along the edge of a river valley
    Found on http://www3.newberry.org/k12maps/glossar

  16. Bluff
    `Bluff` may refer to: * an expression of self-confidence, an empty boast
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluff

  17. Bluff
    • (n.) An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff. • (v. t.) To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value. • (v. i.) To act ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. bluff
    1. a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
    2. pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

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  19. bluff
    betting or raising in hopes of your opponent(s) folding, as you do not believe that you have the best hand. also see semibluff.
    Found on http://www.cardschat.com/poker/guide/glo


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