bluff : Idioms & Phrases


blindman's bluff

  • noun a children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other players
    blindman's buff.
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bluff out

  • verb deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
    bluff.
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bluff-bowed

Bluff"-bowed` adjective
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  1. (Naut.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
Webster 1913

bluff-headed

Bluff"-head`ed adjective
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  1. (Naut.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
Webster 1913

call one's bluff

  • verb ask to prove what someone is claiming
    • John called Mary's bluff when she claimed she could prove the theorem in under an hour
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council bluffs

  • noun a town in southwest Iowa on the Missouri River across from Omaha
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pine bluff

  • noun a town in southeast central Arkansas on the Arkansas River
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poplar bluff

  • noun a town in southeast Missouri
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