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: to deter or frighten by pretense or a mere show of strength. bluffed them into surrendering.
bluff someone into something/doing something She bluffed the doorman into thinking that she was a reporter. Is he going to jump or is he only bluffing? Tony seems to know a lot about music, but sometimes I think he's only bluffing. bluff your way into/out of something.
bluff (something) to try to make somebody believe that you will do something that you do not really intend to do, or that you know something that you do not really know. I don't think he'll shoot—I think he's just bluffing. Topics Personal qualities c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Definitions on the go.
n. A steep headland, promontory, riverbank, or cliff. adj. bluff·er, bluff·est. 1. Having or showing a rough and blunt but not unkind manner: "the great big bluff guests who told bawdy jokes and got up early to watch the sun rise" (Erin McGraw). 2. Having a broad, steep front: the boat's bluff bow.
Bluffing definition: the act of misleading someone by a display of strength, self-confidence, or the like. See examples of BLUFFING used in a sentence.
Bluff can mean a high cliff, or it can describe a person who is abrupt in manner. The most common usage of bluff is as a verb meaning to pretend. If you bluff at cards, you are pretending to have a better hand than you do.
