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• n  a person who tries to bluff other people
• s  very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
• s  bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured

• Big Jim Fisk was an ebullient bluffer who wore velvet vests and many rings, was shot to death by his mistress' lover.
• After ignoring the bluffer until too late, it failed utterly to buy off Editor Mussolini by offering him the prize of a Ministry without portfolio.
• British officials tend to think the 80-year-old unionist is the bluffer, believing he wants to crown his own political career by being Northern Ireland's First Minister.

• four-flusher
• bluff
• bold
• sheer

Quotes

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• Harry Reid in FOXNews
  I think that if they think this is a bluff, wait until we have this vote and they'll find out if it's a bluff. I'm not much of a bluffer,Reid said.
• Wilbur Ross in BusinessWeek
  Miller later sold the company to investor Wilbur L. Ross Jr. "He's not a bluffer," says Ross. "I would take him quite seriously, and I would assume GM would as well."