- bluff, bold, sheer - very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock"
Antonym: gradual (indirect, via steep)
- bluff - bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"
Antonym: indirect (indirect, via direct)
- bluff - a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
--1 is a kind of bank
- bluff - pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"
--2 is a kind of pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling
Derived form: verb bluff2 - bluff, four flush - the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
--3 is a kind of deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
Derived form: verb bluff1 - bluff - pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"
- bluff, bluff out - deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
--1 is one way to move, go
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun bluff3, noun bluffer1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
- bluff - frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
--2 is one way to frighten, fright, scare, affright
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun bluff2, noun bluffer1
Sam cannot bluff Sue