Bluff | Mean of bluff in English Dictionary

/ˈblʌf/

• Verb
• to pretend that you will do something or that you know or have something in order to trick someone into doing what you want
1. Don't listen to his threats—he's just bluffing. [=he will not really do what he threatens to do]
2. She says someone else has made her a higher offer, but I think she's bluffing.
3. He's a terrible card player—you can always tell when he's bluffing. [=when he's pretending that he has better cards than he actually has]
4. Don't listen to his threats—he's just bluffing you.
5. I managed to bluff my way into the show without a ticket. [=I got into the show by bluffing]
6. I bluffed my way through the interview.
• to pretend to do or make (something)
1. The catcher bluffed [=faked, feigned] a throw to first base.
• Noun
• a false threat or claim that is meant to get someone to do something
1. She says someone else has made her a higher offer, but I think it's just a bluff.

• a high, steep area of land
1. They stood on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
• having a very open, honest, and direct way of talking that is friendly but not always polite
1. a bluff, easygoing fellow