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Bluff
Bluff Bluff, v. i.
To act as in the game of bluff.
Bluff
Bluff Bluff, a. [Cf. OD. blaf flat, broad, blaffaert one with
a broad face, also, a boaster; or G. verbl["u]ffen to
confuse, LG. bluffen to frighten; to unknown origin.]
1. Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a
ship. ``Bluff visages.' --Irving.
2. Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front. ``A bluff or
bold shore.' --Falconer.
Its banks, if not really steep, had a bluff and
precipitous aspect. --Judd.
3. Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
4. Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as,
a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea
captain. ``Bluff King Hal.' --Sir W. Scott.
There is indeed a bluff pertinacity which is a
proper defense in a moment of surprise. --I. Taylor.
Bluff
Bluff Bluff, n.
1. A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a
ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
Beach, bluff, and wave, adieu. --Whittier.
2. An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for
the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only
bluff, or a bluff.
3. A game at cards; poker. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Meaning of Bluffs from wikipedia
- (disambiguation)
Bluffs, Illinois, a
village All
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Council Bluffs hosted two
minor league baseball teams. The
Council Bluffs Rails pla**** in 1935 and were
preceded by the 1903
Council Bluffs Bluffers. The...
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Scarborough Bluffs, also
known as The
Bluffs, is an
escarpment in the
Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
There are nine
parks along the
bluffs, with...
- re-incorporated in 1907 as Oak
Bluffs,
named because the town was the site of an oak
grove along the
bluffs overlooking Nantucket Sound. Oak
Bluffs was the only one...
- Omaha–Council
Bluffs metropolitan area in 2003.
Omaha – 486,051
inhabitants (2020) Bellevue,
Nebraska – 64,176
inhabitants (2020)
Council Bluffs, Iowa - 62...
- The
Manitou Bluffs, or Big
Manitou Bluffs, are a
series of
cliffs and
bluffs along the
Missouri River in
Boone County, Missouri. They are made of Mississippian...
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Georgian Bluffs community profile References: 2021 2016 2011
earlier List of
townships in
Ontario "Census Profile, 2016 Census:
Georgian Bluffs, Township"...
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Bluffing means attempting to
deceive or
mislead and may
refer to:
Deception Bluffing (cards),
various tactics in
certain card
games designed to mislead...
- 491 m)
built to that date in Illinois.
Bluffs is part of the
Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Bluffs is
located at 39°44′58″N 90°32′6″W / 39...
- Pine
Bluffs is a town in
eastern Laramie County, Wyoming,
United States. It is
located on the county's
border with Nebraska. Pine
Bluffs is part of the...
