bluff
બ્લફ
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'
સૂકી દમદાટી,
આડંબરથી છેતરવું,
પોકળ ધમકી,
ખુલ્લા દિલનું,
ઉતાવળિયું,
તોછડું
example
This over-reaction is of course a 'bluff' , an attempt to silence opposition, almost suggesting that these practices, reprehensible to me, are necessary for secular democracy.
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.
Today, all that remains is a 'bluff' of trees in the middle of a cultivated field.
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).
I was beginning to believe it had all been a big 'bluff' …
He was a 'bluff' , domineering character who exuded confidence though politically he often showed signs of naivety.
The 'bluff' was wooded, and we could see but little.
The sun is just starting to illuminate the horizon of a cloud-laden sky and the dragons are behind a 'bluff' of trees right on the city limits.
His denunciation of my research is an audacious 'bluff' , believable only by those who have never opened my book.
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.
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?
his game of 'bluff'
Matching his rugged features he cultivated a 'bluff' manner, parading humble origins and ridiculing a man who corrected his accent.
It is hard to read the auguries, so complex is this interplay of deception, self-deception, bluster and 'bluff' .
It should be obvious why I badly want to believe that this is a 'bluff' or a ruse.
there's no point in trying to 'bluff' it out
They think the government is playing a game of 'bluff' .
Trouble is, the first bluff is a life strategy while the second 'bluff' is a political convenience.
the offer was denounced as a 'bluff'
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.
Intentionally rough, the 'bluff' critic reacts here as well to the spectacular reception of the poem.
his game of 'bluff'
Half the barges were away, already sweeping downriver with thin, white mustaches under their 'bluff' bows, when a commotion awoke ashore.
He had a 'bluff' and ebullient, although sympathetic manner, and was hospitable, always the life and soul of the party frequently one he had given himself.
How many games of double-and-triple 'bluff' are going on here?
Those who play showhand rely not only on their skill, luck, courage and concentration, but also on their ability to 'bluff' .
We are drifting in the surge line between rock pinnacles and the 'bluff' and I cannot believe my eyes.
During trips home we'd have these 'bluff' conversations about money and prospects, pensions and security.
The stark rock, fading lower green fields, and deep blue of the ocean comes as a shock after the flat lush landscape and 'bluff' coastline that characterises the rest of the county.
One may counter that his music can take the 'bluff' and hearty approach.
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