| bluff | | |
| n. (object) | 1. bluff | a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion). |
| ~ bank | a long ridge or pile.; "a huge bank of earth" |
| n. (communication) | 2. bluff | pretense that your position is stronger than it really is.; "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted" |
| ~ dissembling, feigning, pretense, pretence | pretending with intention to deceive. |
| n. (act) | 3. bluff, four flush | the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards. |
| ~ dissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceit | the act of deceiving. |
| v. (competition) | 4. bluff, bluff out | deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand. |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ move, go | have a turn; make one's move in a game.; "Can I go now?" |
| v. (communication) | 5. bluff | frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is. |
| ~ affright, fright, frighten, scare | cause fear in.; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" |
| adj. | 6. bluff, bold, sheer | very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front.; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock" |
| ~ steep | having a sharp inclination.; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs" |
| adj. | 7. bluff | bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured.; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader" |
| ~ direct | straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action.; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" |
| deceive | | |
| v. (social) | 1. cozen, deceive, delude, lead on | be false to; be dishonest with. |
| ~ betray, sell | deliver to an enemy by treachery.; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" |
| ~ victimise, victimize | make a victim of.; "I was victimized by this con-man" |
| ~ chisel, cheat | engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud.; "Who's chiseling on the side?" |
| ~ shill | act as a shill.; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up" |
| ~ flim-flam, fob, fox, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick, play a joke on | deceive somebody.; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week" |
| ~ befool, fool, gull | make a fool or dupe of. |
| ~ cheat on, cuckold, wander, betray, cheat | be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage.; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?" |
| ~ hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg | subject to a playful hoax or joke. |
| ~ ensnare, entrap, frame, set up | take or catch as if in a snare or trap.; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police" |
| ~ humbug | trick or deceive. |
| v. (communication) | 2. betray, deceive, lead astray | cause someone to believe an untruth.; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" |
| ~ misinform, mislead | give false or misleading information to. |
| ~ personate, impersonate, pose | pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions.; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" |
| ~ bamboozle, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, hoodwink, snow | conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" |
| ~ cod, dupe, put one across, put one over, befool, gull, slang, take in, fool, put on | fool or hoax.; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" |
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