bluff
ಬ್ಲಫ್
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'
ದಿಣ್ಣೆ,
ನಿಷ್ಕಪಟ,
ಒರಟಾದ,
ಕಡಿದಾದ,
ಧಾರ್ಷ್ಟಿಕ
example
A last-minute offer may be a ruse or a 'bluff' but I'm the guy who ought to make that call.
They had informed him that my attempt was no 'bluff' - it was not done to get attention - a half attempt.
It should be obvious why I badly want to believe that this is a 'bluff' or a ruse.
His denunciation of my research is an audacious 'bluff' , believable only by those who have never opened my book.
There are probably those who still believe that this is a 'bluff' .
Taking all of this into account, though there seemed to be an underlying sadness, I got the distinct impression that his 'bluff' attitude was covering up something.
One may counter that his music can take the 'bluff' and hearty approach.
During trips home we'd have these 'bluff' conversations about money and prospects, pensions and security.
Half the barges were away, already sweeping downriver with thin, white mustaches under their 'bluff' bows, when a commotion awoke ashore.
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.
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.
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.
It is hard to read the auguries, so complex is this interplay of deception, self-deception, bluster and 'bluff' .
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.
Today, all that remains is a 'bluff' of trees in the middle of a cultivated field.
I was beginning to believe it had all been a big 'bluff' …
his game of 'bluff'
A tough, 'bluff' man, he had no desire to relive ancient trouble.
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?
The internet rumour mill has been working overtime, a game of 'bluff' and counter-bluff spreading like a computer virus.
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.
the object is to 'bluff' your opponent into submission
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' .
How many games of double-and-triple 'bluff' are going on here?
the offer was denounced as a 'bluff'
She glanced off the platform and then back at him, hoping that he would believe her 'bluff' and cough up the money.
Trouble is, the first bluff is a life strategy while the second 'bluff' is a political convenience.
there's no point in trying to 'bluff' it out
the object is to 'bluff' your opponent into submission
Credits: Google Translate
