bluff

An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.

That is only bluff, or That is only a bluff.

An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.

John’s bet was a bluff: he bet without even so much as a pair.

The card game poker.

BLUFF OR POKER [title of a chapter]

One who bluffs; a bluffer.

Pretense, excuse.

To make a bluff; to give the impression that one’s hand is stronger than it is.

John bluffed by betting without even a pair.

To frighten, deter, or deceive with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate or gain some advantage.

The government claims it will call an election if this bill does not pass. Is it truly ready to do so, or is it bluffing?

To perform or achieve by bluffing.

We bluffed our way past the guards.

To give false information intentionally, to lie (to someone), to deceive; to put on an act.

Vinod, you want to bluff the doctor, your mother, father, uncle, auntie, CMPB all that I don't care. But you cannot bluff me.

A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.

In the sketch (which is taken about 75 Jovian days after that of the 2nd July) there is shown a dark copper-coloured streak along the southern margin of the south brown belt, butting on to a bluff-headed streak of cumulus cloud which may be the same remarkable bluff head noticed on July 2.

It seems there was a worm that slept upon a pile of treasure, which it had zealously heaped up under a stone bluff.

A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.