bluff
بلف
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.
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.
It is hard to read the auguries, so complex is this interplay of deception, self-deception, bluster and 'bluff' .
One may counter that his music can take the 'bluff' and hearty approach.
I was beginning to believe it had all been a big 'bluff' …
Matching his rugged features he cultivated a 'bluff' manner, parading humble origins and ridiculing a man who corrected his accent.
The internet rumour mill has been working overtime, a game of 'bluff' and counter-bluff spreading like a computer virus.
They allow her to reflect on what lies behind his macho, 'bluff' exterior and why she reacts to it in the way that she does, in a supportive, non judgmental setting.
He was a 'bluff' , domineering character who exuded confidence though politically he often showed signs of naivety.
Both their livelihoods depend on the ability to 'bluff' and sniff out fraud.
Trouble is, the first bluff is a life strategy while the second 'bluff' is a political convenience.
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.
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.
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.
Today, all that remains is a 'bluff' of trees in the middle of a cultivated field.
Those who play showhand rely not only on their skill, luck, courage and concentration, but also on their ability to 'bluff' .
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.
there's no point in trying to 'bluff' it out
There are probably those who still believe that this is a 'bluff' .
the object is to 'bluff' your opponent into submission
His amiable personality and 'bluff' manner had an impact and he came across as the straightforward soldier, doing his best for the country.
his game of 'bluff'
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.
Blunt Limerick man and 'bluff' Tipperary man did not enjoy the most harmonious of relationships.
It should be obvious why I badly want to believe that this is a 'bluff' or a ruse.
Here a narrow 'bluff' trail crosses open country known today as the East West Ranch, affording views back toward pine forests embracing the town.
We are drifting in the surge line between rock pinnacles and the 'bluff' and I cannot believe my eyes.
A last-minute offer may be a ruse or a 'bluff' but I'm the guy who ought to make that call.
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.
How many games of double-and-triple 'bluff' are going on here?
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