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Grammar : Verb
Spell : bluhf
Phonetic Transcription : blʌf



Definition of bluffing

Origin :
  • 1845, in the poker sense, verbal noun from bluff (v.).
  • verb deceive
Example sentences :
  • You fancy a chap's bluffing when he's doing nothing of the sort.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I think he saw that I meant exactly what I said—and I was not bluffing.
  • Extract from : « The Death-Traps of FX-31 » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
  • They got somebody, or else they were only bluffing when they waved that scalp.
  • Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King
  • Not bluffing exactly, either, because they'll go through with it as long as they last.
  • Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Come right on to the shore, then, and don't try any bluffing.
  • Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys Snowbound » by H. Irving Hancock
  • When I saw him he was on the muelle, surrounded by an army of bluffing cargadores.
  • Extract from : « The Spinner's Book of Fiction » by Various
  • Archer and Benson were not bluffing to put him off the scent.
  • Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts
  • I suspected he was bluffing; still it was possible he wasnt.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • Was Tinhorn bluffing or did he have another queen in the “hole”?
  • Extract from : « 'Me-Smith' » by Caroline Lockhart
  • Smith believed he was bluffing, but there was an equal chance that he was not.
  • Extract from : « 'Me-Smith' » by Caroline Lockhart

Synonyms for bluffing

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