v. 1 deceive, hoodwink, dupe, mislead, delude, trick, cozen, fool, Colloq bamboozle I bluffed him into believing that I held four aces 2 pretend, feign, bluster, fool, Colloq kid; Slang bullshit She became frightened, unaware that I was only bluffing
n. 3 bombast, bravado, boasting, bragging, bluster, show, puffery; deception, blind; Literary rodomontade, gasconade; Colloq hot air Roger's ranting is all bluff - he's really very timid