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bluffer

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bluff 1  (blf)
v. bluffed, bluff·ing, bluffs
v.tr.
1. To mislead or deceive.
2. To impress, deter, or intimidate by a false display of confidence.
3. Games To try to mislead (opponents) in a card game by heavy betting on a poor hand or by little or no betting on a good one.
v.intr.
To engage in a false display of strength or confidence.
n.
1. The act or practice of bluffing.
2. One that bluffs.

[Probably from Dutch bluffen, from Low German.]

bluffa·ble adj.
bluffer n.

bluff 2  (blf)
n.
A steep headland, promontory, riverbank, or cliff.
adj. bluff·er, bluff·est
1. Rough and blunt but not unkind in manner. See Synonyms at gruff.
2. Having a broad, steep front.

[Probably from obsolete Dutch blaf or Middle Low German blaff, broad.]

bluffly adv.
bluffness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bluffer - a person who tries to bluff other people
beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
Translations
bluffer [ˈblʌfəʳ] Nfarolero/a m/f
bluffer
nBluffer m
bluffer [ˈblʌfəʳ] nbluffatore/trice
bluffer [ˈblʌfəʳ] nbluffatore/trice


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It was probably owing to this fortification of the natural strength of his constitution with so much exposure to the air, and the salt sea, that Mr Sparkler did not pine outwardly; but, whatever the cause, he was so far from having any prospect of moving his mistress by a languishing state of health, that he grew bluffer every day, and that peculiarity in his appearance of seeming rather a swelled boy than a young man, became developed to an extraordinary degree of ruddy puffiness.
 
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