bluffer

bluffer: Ⅰ.

bluff [1] ► NOUN ▪ an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.

► VERB ▪ try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions.

● call someone's bluff — Cf. ↑call someone's bluff

DERIVATIVES bluffer noun.

ORIGIN from Dutch bluffen 'brag' .

Ⅱ.

bluff [2] ► ADJECTIVE ▪ good-naturedly frank and direct.

DERIVATIVES bluffly adverb bluffness noun.

ORIGIN originally in the sense «surly, abrupt»: figurative use of BLUFF(Cf. ↑bluffness).

Ⅲ.

bluff [3] ► NOUN ▪ a steep cliff, bank, or promontory.

► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a cliff or a ship's bows) having a vertical or steep broad front.

ORIGIN of unknown origin.

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bluffer — [ blɶfe ] v. <conjug. : 1> • 1884; de bluff 1 ♦ V. intr. Fam. Pratiquer le bluff; tenter de donner le change, de faire illusion. ⇒fam. frimer. « Comme au poker : ceux qui blufferont le mieux, le plus longtemps, gagneront » (Martin du Gard) … Encyclopédie Universelle
Bluffer — Bluff er, n. One who bluffs. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bluffer — index pedant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bluffer — m DEFINICIJA v. blefer … Hrvatski jezični portal
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bluffer — noun see bluff III … New Collegiate Dictionary
bluffer — See bluffable. * * * … Universalium
bluffer — noun one who bluffs … Wiktionary
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bluffer — bluffÂ·er || blÊŒfÉ™ n. deceiver, one who bluffs or pretends … English contemporary dictionary

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