bluff
English
/blʌf/
noun
Definitions
- An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.
- (poker) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.
- (US) The card game poker.
- One who bluffs; a bluffer.
- (slang) An excuse.
Etymology
Derived from Dutch, Flemish bluffen (brag, bluff) derived from Middle Dutch bluffen (make something swell, bluff).
Origin
Middle Dutch
bluffen
Gloss
make something swell, bluff
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bluffable English
- bluffer English
- blufflike English
- bluffly English
- bluffness English
- blufftop English
- bluffy English
- counterbluff English
- outbluff English
- rebluff English
- semi-bluff English
- top English
- Bluff German
- bluffen German
- blöff Hungarian
- blöfföl Hungarian
- bluffare Italian
- bluf-SUV Dutch, Flemish
- bluffen Dutch, Flemish
- overbluffen Dutch, Flemish
- bluff French
- блеф Russian
- bløff Norwegian Bokmål
- bløffe Norwegian Bokmål
- bluff Swedish
- bluffa Swedish
- bluffare Swedish
- ブラフ Japanese
- bløff Norwegian Nynorsk
- bløffe Norwegian Nynorsk
- bluf Danish
- bluff Danish
- blef Serbo-Croatian
- bluffen Middle Dutch