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Definitions for Bluffer

[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 pretend to be confident about an uncertain issue or to have undisclosed resources, in order to influence or deter (someone)
[7] deliberate deception intended to create the impression of a stronger position or greater resources than one actually has
[8] call someone's bluff to challenge someone to give proof of his claims
[9] a steep promontory, bank, or cliff, esp one formed by river erosion on the outside bend of a meander
[10] Canadian a clump of trees on the prairie; copse
[11] good-naturedly frank and hearty
[12] (of a bank, cliff, etc) presenting a steep broad face

Words related to Bluffer

bluffshort, blunt, brief, direct, frank, rough, tart, open, barefaced, brusque, candid, crusty, curt, downright, forthright, gruff, hearty, honest, laconic, no-nonsense

Words nearby Bluffer

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

Origin of Bluffer

11620–30; perhaps < Middle Low German blaff smooth, even, or < Middle Dutch blaf broad, flat

Other words from Bluffer

bluff·ly , adverb
bluff·ness , noun

Word origin for Bluffer

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

Synonyms for Bluffer

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