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• n  a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
• n  pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
  his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted
• n  the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
• v  deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
• v  frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
• s  very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
  a bluff headland
• s  bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured
  a bluff but pleasant manner
  a bluff and rugged natural leader

• His noisy agitation to get Corsica and Tunis from France was rated as a weak bluff whose immediate objectives were no more than cheaper tolls for Italian ships in the Suez .
• The best way to prevent her from calling his bluff is in fact not to bluff--to be the kind of hothead who is crazy enough to do it.
• North Korea's announcement of the successful underground detonation of a nuclear weapon has called Washington's bluff.

• four flush
• bluff out
• bold
• sheer

News & Articles

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• Sergeant Bluff man pleads guilty to passing counterfeit money, fleeing police
  A Sergeant Bluff man pleaded guilty Thursday to passing a counterfeit $20 bill and leading police on a high-speed chase.
  June 13, 2013 - Sioux City Journal
• Fair Bluff Police identify suspects in breaking and entering case
  Officers with the Fair Bluff Police Department where called to the 300 block of E. Brooks St. on Friday, May 31, 2013 where a breaking and entering and larceny had occurred.
  June 13, 2013 - WECT 6 Wilmington
• Poplar Bluff continues to grow
  Present day, Stanard says Bluff has come a long way. He points to current companies as an example of the city’s growth.
  June 12, 2013 - KFVS 12 Cape Girardeau

Quotes

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• George Steinbrenner in USA Today
  We'll see how it goes, but this is not an act. It's not a bluff. It's just reality,Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said Sunday. "Because as much as I want Santana, and you can make that clear - for his sake, to know that I...
• Brett Favre in International Herald Tribune
  It's tempting just to, as everyone said, you know, call their bluff or whatever,Favre said. "I think it's going to be a circus in itself already, whether I go there, whatever."
• Barack Obama in Washington Post
  Next year when I start presenting some very difficult choices to the country, I hope some of these folks who are hollering about deficits and debt step up, because I'm calling their bluff,he said.