bluffing
Meaning of bluffing
- try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions.
he's been bluffing all along
they bluffed their way past the sentries
the object is to bluff your opponent into submission
late 17th century (originally in the sense ‘blindfold, hoodwink’): from Dutch bluffen ‘brag’, or bluf ‘bragging’. The current sense (originally US, mid 19th century) originally referred to bluffing in the game of poker.
Information about bluffing
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Hyphenation of bluffing
bluff-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- bluffing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
bluffing synonyms
Meaning engage in an imaginative game or fantasy:
Meaning falsely present something as the truth:
Meaning forge or counterfeit (something):
Meaning pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury):
Meaning (of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface:
Meaning trick or deceive (someone):
Meaning present or constitute (a problem or danger):
Meaning behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead:
Meaning pretend to be someone one is not:
Meaning conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs:
Meaning conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character):
Meaning (of a goat) give birth:
Meaning deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain:
Meaning make (someone) believe something that is not true:
Meaning cause (someone) to have a wrong idea or impression:
Meaning cunningly deceive or outwit:
Meaning trick or deceive (someone); dupe:
Meaning deceive or trick:
Meaning deceive; trick:
Meaning charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way:
Meaning cheat or fool:
Meaning a long-winged web-footed seabird with a raucous call, typically having white plumage with a grey or black mantle:
Meaning act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage:
Meaning persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them:
Meaning trick or deceive:
Meaning talk nonsense to (someone) in an attempt to deceive them:
Words that rhyme with bluffing
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