bluff — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

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

   "That's enough," announced Joolby with decision. "You've put up all the bluff you know, Carrados, and we've got you dog-beaten. […]"

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

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

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

3. The card game poker.

   Uso

   • uso statunitense
   • datato
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   BLUFF OR POKER [title of a chapter]

4. One who bluffs; a bluffer.

   Uso

   • numerabile

5. Pretense, excuse.

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   • numerabile
   • datato
   • gergo
   • non numerabile

Verbo

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

   Esempi

   John bluffed by betting without even a pair.

2. 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.

   Esempi

   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?

3. To perform or achieve by bluffing.

   Esempi

   We bluffed our way past the guards.

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

   Uso

   • Manglish
   • Singlish

   Esempi

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

Sostantivo

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

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   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

   Altri esempi (1)

   Bounded to the north and west by mountains and river, to the east by river alone, and to the south by high bluffs that mark the beginning of the loess country, it is a compact and easily defended territory hospitable only to nomads. Today these lands are divided between the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region and the Ning-hsia Hui Autonomous Region. Under the Republic the Ho-t’ao and Pao-t’ou plains were included in Sui-yuan province, and the Ning-hsia area in Ning-hsia province.

   Situated on bluffs above the Huangpu, a tributary of the Yangtze, Shanghai—which means ‘above the sea’—is sinking.

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

   Uso

   • Canadian-Prairies

Aggettivo

1. Having a broad, flattened front.

   Esempi

   the bluff bows of a ship

2. Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.

   Esempi

   a bluff or bold shore

   Its banks, if not really steep, had a bluff and precipitous aspect.

3. Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.

   Esempi

   […] he had a bluff, rough-and-ready face, all roughened and reddened and lined in his long travels.

4. Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners.

   Sinonimi

   abruptunceremoniousbluntbrusque

   Esempi

   a bluff answer

   a bluff manner of talking

   Altri esempi (2)

   a bluff sea captain

   There is indeed a bluff pertinacity which is a proper defence in a moment of surprise.

Verbo

1. To fluff, puff or swell up.

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (3)

   Not a sparrow on the cottage thatch, where the chimney's warmth had thawed the snow, that did not seem to have his great coat on, so bluffed out were the feathers, and not a frozen-out duck who did not glance up at the icicles hanging to the roof, and quack a prayer for rain.

   [W]hen the bare boughs of a tree intervened between her and the rising bright but deep red sun, frosted as the twigs were, on them sat a merry flock of sparrows, the feathers on their breasts bluffed out, as if they had donned warm winter spencers to shield them from the biting blast.

   I remember one idle bright afternoon here when Phillip bluffed out his little chest, sneaking expectant glances back at me and Cammy, until she "restrained" him from bickering with that beagle.

Aggettivo

1. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

   Sinonimi

   boldsheer

   Esempi

   a bluff headland

   where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise

   Altri esempi (1)

   a sheer descent of rock

2. bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured

   Esempi

   a bluff but pleasant manner

   a bluff and rugged natural leader

Sostantivo

1. a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

   Termini più generali

   bank

2. pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

   Termini più generali

   pretensepretencefeigningdissembling

   Esempi

   his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted

3. the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

   Sinonimi

   four flush

   Termini più generali

   deceptiondeceitdissemblingdissimulation

Verbo

1. deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

   Sinonimi

   bluff out

   Termini più generali

   movego

2. frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

   Termini più generali

   frightenfrightscareaffright