| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Bluff.[Websters]
2. To have humbugged, conned, cozened or gulled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To be cliffed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be rooked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have rocked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be gilded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have sharped or roughed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be flatted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have clustered or frothed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be chiselled.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb bluff.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (bluff) | 1. Deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand.[Wordnet]. 2. Frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is.[Wordnet]. 3. To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value.[Websters]. 4. To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, he bluffed me off.[Websters]. 5. To act as in the game of bluff.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: bluffing, bluffed, bluffs, bluffer, bluffers, bluffingly and bluffedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BLUFFED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1848. (references) |
Specialty Definition: bluff
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Environment | 1) Any high headland, or bank presenting a precipitous front. 2) The high vertical banks of certain rivers. 3) A high steep bank or cliff. (references) | ||
| Literature | 1: "The game proceeded. George, although he affected no ignorance of the ordinary principles of poker, played like a novice- that is to say, he bluffed extravagantly on absurdity low hands."-.Truth: Queer Stories, Sept. 3rd, 1885 2: Bluff (To), in the game called Poker, is to stake on a bad hand. This is a dodge resorted to by players to lead an adversary to throw up his cards and forfeit his stake rather than risk them against the "bluffer." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Slang in 1811 | BLUFF. Fierce, surly. He looked as bluff as bull beef. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
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Common Expressions: bluff
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Battle of Chalk Bluff | The Battle of Chalk Bluff was a land battle of the American Civil War that took place from May 1-2, 1863. Commanding the Union forces was Brigadier General William Vandever who had the 2nd Division, Army of the Frontier and force under his command. Commanding the Confederate forces was Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke who had the Marmaduke Cavalry Division under his command. The battle took place in Clay County, Arkansas. (references) | ||
| Battle of Drewry's Bluff | The Battle of Drewry’s Bluff, also known as the Battle of Fort Darling or Fort Drewry, took place on May 15, 1862 in Chesterfield County, Virginia as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. (references) | ||
| Blind man's bluff (poker) | Blind man's bluff is a version of poker which is unconventional in that each person sees the cards of all players except his own. (references) | ||
| Blindman's bluff | A children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other players. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Bluff (Pittsburgh) | The Bluff or Uptown is an area in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the south and east of the city's downtown area. It is bordered in the north by the Hill District and just a short trip across the river is the city's South Side which is home to a flourishing residential community and business district. (references) | ||
| Bluff Cinquefoil | The Bluff Cinquefoil (Potentilla chamissonis) is distributed across Svalbard, Northern Norway, Greenland and the eastern arctic of Canada. (references) | ||
| Bluff Knoll | Bluff Knoll is the highest point in the south-west of Western Australia and is situated in the Stirling Range. It is 1,095m above sea level, and is one of the very few places that snow can be seen in Western Australia, with snow falling once every four years or so. (references) | ||
| Bluff out | Deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Call My Bluff | Call My Bluff is a British game show between two teams of three contestants. The point of the game is for the teams to take it in turn to provide three definitions of an obscure word, only one of which was correct. The other team then has to guess which is the correct definition, the other two being "bluffs". (references) | ||
| Call one's bluff | Ask to prove what someone is claiming. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Coogan's Bluff | Coogan's Bluff is the name of a promontory located in upper Manhattan in New York City. Rising abruptly from the Harlem River, it is colloquially regarded as the boundary between the neighborhoods of Harlem and Washington Heights. (references) | ||
| Drewry’s Bluff | Drewry's Bluff is located in northeastern Chesterfield County, Virginia in the United States. It was the site of Confederate Fort Darling during the American Civil War. It was named for a local landowner, Confederate Captain Augustus H. Drewry. (references) | ||
| Floyd's Bluff | Floyd's Bluff is a hill in Iowa near Sioux City named after Sergeant Charles Floyd of the Lewis and Clark Discovery Corps. Sergeant Floyd was the only fatality during the expedition. (references) | ||
| Gascoigne Bluff | Gascoigne Bluff is a bluff next to the Frederica River on the western side of the island of St. Simons which was a Native American campground, the site of a Franciscan monastery named San Buenaventura, and the site of the Province of Georgia's first naval base. (references) | ||
| Glover Bluff crater | Glover Bluff is a meteor crater in Wisconsin, United States. (references) | ||
| Gosses Bluff crater | Gosses Bluff is an impact crater in Northern Territory, Australia. Today the crater measures 5 km (3 mi) in diameter and is 150 m (500 ft) high. It is located 175 km (109 mi) west of Alice Springs. For the last range a four wheel drive vehicle is recommended. (references) | ||
| Live Oak and Rowland's Bluff Railroad | Florida state law chapter ?, approved February 25, 1881, incorporated the Live Oak and Rowland's Bluff Railroad Company. (references) | ||
| Pine Bluff | A town in southeast central Arkansas on the Arkansas River. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Pine Bluff Chemical Activity | Pine Bluff Chemical Activity (abbreviated PBCA) is a chemical weapon storage site located in Arkansas. (references) | ||
| Pine Bluff Observatory | The Pine Bluff Observatory (PBO) is located in Cross Plains, Wisconsin (USA) about 15 miles west of Madison. The observatory was built in 1958 and is mainly used by students and faculty of the University of Wisconsin for teaching and research in astronomy. PBO also provides a facility for testing new instruments. (references) | ||
| Poplar Bluff | A town in southeast Missouri. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Quamby Bluff Forest Reserve | Quamby Bluff Forest Reserve is a forest reserve situated in northern Tasmania, Australia. It can be found 20 minutes drive from the small town of Deloraine on the Lake Highway. Quamby Bluff is the mountain that is situated within this reserve. The walk to the summit of Quamby Bluff is a popular day walk and can be easily completed in an afternoon. (references) | ||
| Scotts Bluff National Monument | Scotts Bluff National Monument is a United States National Park in western Nebraska that includes an important 19th century landmark on the Oregon Trail. The national park contains multiple bluffs located on the south side of the North Platte River, but is named after one prominent bluff called Scotts Bluff which rises 700 feet above the plains at its highest point. Other bluffs within the national park are called Eagle Rock, Dome Rock, and Sentinel Rock. (references) | ||
| Sprewell Bluff State Park | Sprewell Bluff State Park is a 1,372 acre (5.55 km2) Georgia state park located between Roland and Crest. The park’s strategic location on the Flint River makes it a great place for swimming, fishing, kayaking, canoeing, and whitewater rafting. The park also features a three-mile walking trail that winds along the bank of the fiver and up rocky bluffs, offering exquisite views of the park below. The park, however, does not provide any camping facilities, the nearest of which are 25 miles away in F.D. Roosevelt State Park. (references) | ||
| Thunder Bluff | Thunder Bluff is the fictional capital city in Blizzard Entertainments video game series, Warcraft. (references) | ||
| University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, is a historically black university located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The university, commonly referred to as "UAPB", was founded in 1873 as the Branch Normal College, which was part of the Normal department (education) of Arkansas Industrial University, later the University of Arkansas. The school moved to its current campus location in 1929. The school re-joined the University of Arkansas system in 1972 and gained its current university status. (references) | ||
| White Bluff | White Bluff is the name of present-day White Bluff, Tennessee. It is also the name of the former community of White Bluff, Georgia, now part of Savannah. (references) | ||
| Yamate Bluff | Yamate Bluff is an old foreigners' area in Yokohama, Japan with many well-preserved residences. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: bluff
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bluff bar | Energy | A sandbar having a sharp drop-off into deep water. Also called a "bluff reef." (references) | |
| Bluff body | Aerospace | A body having a broad, flattened front, as in some reentry vehicles. (references) | |
| Bluff body | Energy | Nonstreamlined shape, especially one with a blunt tail that generates a recirculation zone at the rear. (references) | |
| Bluff body | Physics | A non-streamlined body, or a body of low fineness ratio. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Bluff Harry | Literature | 1: Or ~~~Hal. 2: Hal. Henry VIII., so called from his bluff and burly manners (1491, 1509-1547.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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