Definizione monolingua

bluff

bluff (third-person singular simple present bluffs, present participle bluffing, simple past and past participle bluffed)

1. To make a bluff.

   John bluffed by betting without even a pair.

bluff (plural bluffs)

1. An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff.
2. (poker) An attempt to represent yourself as holding a stronger hand than you do.

   Johns bet was a bluff, he bet without even so much as a pair.

bluff (comparative bluffer, superlative bluffest)

1. Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.
2. Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
3. Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     ...he had a bluff, rough-and-ready face, all roughened and reddened and lined in his long travels.

4. Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain.

Definizione dizionario bluff

bluff

brusco

ingannare

inganno

montatura

pallonata

promontorio a picco

ripido

scarpata

scogliera

scosceso

Altri significati:

Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain.

Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.

(Canadian Prairies) A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.

surly; churlish; gruff; rough

An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff.

poker: attempt to represent yourself as holding a stronger hand than you do

A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face

To make a bluff.

to make a bluff

(poker) An attempt to represent yourself as holding a stronger hand than you do.

abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque

Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.

Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.

rising steeply with a flat or rounded front

high, steep bank

A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.

act of bluffing