BLUFF

noun a game at cards; poker.

2. bluff ·adj surly; churlish; gruff; rough.

3. bluff ·vi to act as in the game of bluff.

4. bluff ·adj rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.

5. bluff ·adj having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.

6. bluff ·noun a high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.

7. bluff ·adj abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain.

8. bluff ·noun an act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff.

9. bluff ·vt to frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, he bluffed me off.

10. bluff ·vt 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.