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Definitions for Bluff

[1] good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man.
[2] presenting a bold and nearly perpendicular front, as a coastline: a bluff, precipitous headland.
[3] Nautical . (of the bow of a vessel) having a full, blunt form.
[4] a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face.
[5] North Dakota, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Prairie Provinces . a clump or grove of trees on a prairie or other generally treeless area.
[6] to mislead by a display of strength, self-confidence, or the like: He bluffed me into believing that he was a doctor.
[7] to gain by bluffing: He bluffed his way into the job.
[8] Poker . to deceive by a show of confidence in the strength of one's cards.
[9] to mislead someone by presenting a bold, strong, or self-confident front: That open face makes it impossible for him to bluff.
[10] an act or instance or the practice of bluffing: Her pathetic story was all a bluff to get money from us. His assertive manner is mostly bluff.
[11] a person who bluffs; bluffer: That big bluff doesn't have a nickel to his name.
[12] to pretend to be confident about an uncertain issue or to have undisclosed resources, in order to influence or deter (someone)
[13] deliberate deception intended to create the impression of a stronger position or greater resources than one actually has
[14] call someone's bluff to challenge someone to give proof of his claims
[15] a steep promontory, bank, or cliff, esp one formed by river erosion on the outside bend of a meander
[16] Canadian a clump of trees on the prairie; copse
[17] good-naturedly frank and hearty
[18] (of a bank, cliff, etc) presenting a steep broad face

Words related to Bluff

sham, subterfuge, ruse, cliff, ridge, hill, promontory, crag, pretend, delude, short, blunt, brief, direct, frank, rough, tart, open, lie, humbug

Words nearby Bluff

bluetooth, bluette, blueweed, bluewood, bluey, bluff, bluing, bluish, blum, blumberg, blumberg's sign

Origin of Bluff

21665–75; perhaps < Low German bluffen to bluster, frighten; akin to Middle Dutch bluffen to make a trick at cards

Other words from Bluff

bluff·ly , adverb
bluff·ness , noun
bluff·a·ble , adjective
bluff·er , noun
un·bluff·a·ble , adjective
un·bluffed , adjective
un·bluff·ing , adjective

Word origin for Bluff

C17 (in the sense: nearly perpendicular): perhaps from Middle Dutch blaf broad

Synonyms for Bluff

blunt, blustering, brief, direct, frank, open, rough, short, tart, barefaced, bearish, breviloquent, brusque, candid, crusty, curt, downright, forthright, gruff, hearty, honest, laconic, no-nonsense, outspoken, plain-spoken, rude, short-spoken, sincere, snippety, snippy, straightforward, tactless, terse, unceremonious