bluff
ধাপ্পাবাজি
definition
verb
he's been bluffing all along
try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions.
noun
the offer was denounced as a bluff
an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
Planning the campaign involved myriad geographical factors, including the Mississippi Delta region, streams of various navigabilities, steep banks, and bluffs northeast of the city.
a steep cliff, bank, or promontory.
adjective
a big, bluff, hearty man
direct in speech or behavior but in a good-natured way.
Half the barges were away, already sweeping downriver with thin, white mustaches under their bluff bows, when a commotion awoke ashore.
(of a cliff or a ship's bow) having a vertical or steep broad front.
translation of 'bluff'
ধাপ্পা দেওয়া,
আন্তরিক,
অন্তরীপ
verb
ফাঁকি দেত্তয়া,
প্রতারণা করা,
ভয়প্রদর্শন করা,
ঠকান,
ধমক দেত্তয়া,
বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা করা,
প্রবঁচনা করা,
ভাঁত্ততা দেত্তয়া,
ধাপ্পাবাজি করা,
ধাপ্পা দেত্তয়া,
বঁচনা করা,
ভয় দেখান
noun
প্রবঁচনা,
ধাপ্পা,
ঘোড়ার চোখের ঠুলি,
খাড়াই,
ধাপ্পাবাজি,
বঁচনা,
ভাঁত্ততা,
ঘোড়ার চক্ষুর ঠুলি,
শৈলশিরা,
জুয়াচুরি,
খাড়া পাড়,
প্রতারণা,
দম
adjective
উত্তুঙ্গ,
লম্বমান,
স্পষ্টবাদী,
উঁচু,
উঁচা,
হঠাৎ,
দারূণ,
কটু,
কর্কশ,
খাড়া,
সোজা
example
How many games of double-and-triple 'bluff' are going on here?
It would be comforting to think he is playing no more than a game of 'bluff' with the whisky companies, privately sharing their scepticism about strip stamps while forcing them to come up with a convincing alternative.
We are drifting in the surge line between rock pinnacles and the 'bluff' and I cannot believe my eyes.
Megan looked over and up at a tall and 'bluff' boy she's seen at school before standing in the doorway of what seemed to be his compartment.
Both their livelihoods depend on the ability to 'bluff' and sniff out fraud.
This attached vortex force is the source of pressure drag on a 'bluff' body, such as a sphere or a flat plate normal to a steady flow.
Little or no mound fill was added to the westernmost edge of the mound with the contours of this area remaining essentially the same as the natural 'bluff' ridge.
They had informed him that my attempt was no 'bluff' - it was not done to get attention - a half attempt.
It is hard to read the auguries, so complex is this interplay of deception, self-deception, bluster and 'bluff' .
Matching his rugged features he cultivated a 'bluff' manner, parading humble origins and ridiculing a man who corrected his accent.
A tough, 'bluff' man, he had no desire to relive ancient trouble.
With limited resources and the inability to properly police such a vast area, the colonial authorities were playing little more than a game of 'bluff' .
They think the government is playing a game of 'bluff' .
Today, all that remains is a 'bluff' of trees in the middle of a cultivated field.
Intentionally rough, the 'bluff' critic reacts here as well to the spectacular reception of the poem.
He was a 'bluff' , domineering character who exuded confidence though politically he often showed signs of naivety.
the offer was denounced as a 'bluff'
Some thought the 'bluff' carrier commander was borderline nuts.
A last-minute offer may be a ruse or a 'bluff' but I'm the guy who ought to make that call.
The 'bluff' sea-captains and commercial adventurers who founded the Australian colonies had no special gift for symbolism, but they knew what was expected of them.
His amiable personality and 'bluff' manner had an impact and he came across as the straightforward soldier, doing his best for the country.
It should be obvious why I badly want to believe that this is a 'bluff' or a ruse.
There is nothing of the 'bluff' and blustery manner, or the mean looks and imperious nature with which he had brought to life several characters in quick succession, the previous day.
One may counter that his music can take the 'bluff' and hearty approach.
The 'bluff' was wooded, and we could see but little.
He flattered his clients on their excellent judgment in buying from him rather than his competitors, but he could be 'bluff' and straightforward when necessary.
The man, beneath his coarse and 'bluff' exterior, is haunted by a sense of his own inadequacy.
HE'S the gruff, 'bluff' detective who's as likely to bawl you out for making bad tea as to snap the handcuffs on a villain - so would you let him loose in a fighter jet?
Beneath his 'bluff' exterior, he is a narrow-minded reactionary with merely some financial success.
This is a play about transformations: a boy into a man, a man into a king, enmity to possible love (the wooing scene between the 'bluff' Henry and the enchanting French princess is a delight).
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