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Synonyms for bluffer

Grammar : Adj
Spell : bluhf
Phonetic Transcription : blÊŒf

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Définition of bluffer

Origin :
  • 1839, American English, poker term, perhaps from Dutch bluffen "to brag, boast," or verbluffen "to baffle, mislead." An identical word meant "blindfold, hoodwink" in 1670s, but the sense evolution and connection are unclear; OED calls it "one of the numerous cant terms ... which arose between the Restoration and the reign of Queen Anne." Extended or figurative sense by 1854. Related: Bluffed; bluffing.
  • adj abrupt
Example sentences :
  • "One last bluff of a bluffer, as Hilda would say," she muttered.
  • Extract from : « Young Hilda at the Wars » by Arthur Gleason
  • Olaf the Swede is after you on account o the gal, I blunted; and he aint no bluffer.
  • Extract from : « Friar Tuck » by Robert Alexander Wason
  • "Jab him, Casey; he's only a bluffer," said several of his companions.
  • Extract from : « Cattle-Ranch to College » by Russell Doubleday
  • I thought Bill wasn't dead: you're just a bluffer, ain't you, Bill?
  • Extract from : « The Great Gold Rush » by W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis
  • I was only trying to keep up to my reputation and name as a bluffer.
  • Extract from : « The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point » by Quincy Allen
  • He is energetic, self confident, amiable, and a particularly able bluffer when occasion demands it.
  • Extract from : « Chicago, Satan's Sanctum » by L. O. Curon
  • A bluffer, he has a sneaking respect for anyone who throws a bluff and gets away with it.
  • Extract from : « My Actor-Husband » by Anonymous
  • That a man who habitually clears his throat before he speaks is generally a self-important hypocrite and a bluffer.
  • Extract from : « The American Credo » by George Jean Nathan
  • To bluff, unchanged in form, takes on the new meaning of to lie: a bluffer is a liar.
  • Extract from : « The American Language » by Henry L. Mencken
  • You will perceive that Copperhead Camp was no place for a coward or a bluffer or a bully.
  • Extract from : « West Wind Drift » by George Barr McCutcheon

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