bluff
51bluff — English has two words bluff, one or perhaps both of them of Dutch origin. The older, ‘hearty’ [17], originally referred to ships, and meant ‘having a flat vertical bow’. This nautical association suggests a Dutch provenance, though no thoroughly… …
52bluff — {{11}}bluff (n.) broad, vertical cliff, 1680s, from bluff (adj.) with a broad, flat front (1620s), a sailors word, probably from Du. blaf flat, broad. Apparently a North Sea nautical term for ships with flat vertical bows, later extended to… …
53bluff — I 1. noun this offer was denounced as a bluff Syn: trick, deception, fraud, ruse, pretence, sham, fake, hoax, charade; informal put on 2. verb 1) they are bluffing to hide their guilt Syn: pretend …
54bluff — [blʌf] verb [I/T] I to try to trick someone by pretending that you know something or that you will do something They said they d had another offer, but we knew they were just bluffing.[/ex] II noun [C/U] bluff [blʌf] an attempt to bluff someone • …
55Bluff — der Bluff, s (Aufbaustufe) Verhalten, bei dem es darum geht, jmdn. zum eigenen Vorteil in die Irre zu führen Synonyme: Irreführung, Täuschung, Täuschungsmanöver, Trick, Finte (geh.) Beispiele: Das ist weiter nichts als ein Bluff. Viele sind auf… …
56bluff — English has two words bluff, one or perhaps both of them of Dutch origin. The older, ‘hearty’ [17], originally referred to ships, and meant ‘having a flat vertical bow’. This nautical association suggests a Dutch provenance, though no thoroughly… …
57bluff — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb Bluff is used with these nouns as the object: ↑way {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. Bluff is used with these nouns: ↑exterior …
58bluff — Synonyms and related words: Herod, abrupt, act, act a part, acting, affable, affect, affectation, aggressive, appearance, approachable, artful dodge, artifice, artless, assume, attitudinizing, bag of tricks, bamboozle, barefaced, bearish, beastly …
59Bluff — Irreführung, Täuschung, Täuschungsmanöver, Trick; (bildungsspr.): Finte; (ugs. abwertend): Schwindel. * * * Bluff,der:⇨Vorspiegelung Bluff→Blendwerk …
60bluff — I adj 1. frank, open, honest, candid, plain spoken, outspoken; direct, plain, straightforward, downright; crude, rough, unvarnished, burly, blustering. 2. steep, sheer, abrupt, sudden, precipitous; perpendicular, vertical; acclivitous, ascending …
