bluff¹ /bluf/

To deceive or seek to deceive by concealment of weakness or show of self-confidence or threats (orig poker to conceal poor cards)

1. A bluffing act or behaviour
2. A horse's blinker

bluffˈer noun

bluff it out

To maintain a show of confidence in a difficult situation

call someone's bluff

To expose or challenge someone's show of strength, confidence, etc

bluff² /bluf/

1. Steep or upright in front
2. Rough and hearty in a good-natured way
3. Outspoken
4. (of the shape of a body) such that, when it moves through air or other fluid, it leaves behind it a large disorderly wake and experiences a large drag, opp to streamlined
5. Blustering, surly (dialect)

1. A high steep bank, esp of a river
2. A clump of trees (Can dialect)

bluffˈly adverb

bluffˈness noun

• what remedy
• what's biting you
• what's cooking
• what's eating you
• what's-her-name
• what's-his-
• what's-his-name
• whatsis
• whatsit
• whatsits
• what's-its-name
• whatsits-name
• what's more
• what's new
• whatso
• whatsoe'er
• whatsoever
• whatsomever
• what's the big idea
• what's the damage
• what's the odds
• what's to do
• what's up
• what's up with you
• what's what