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bluff1 British & World English

an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something

bluff2 British & World English

direct in speech or behaviour but in a good-natured way

bluff3 British & World English

a steep cliff, bank, or promontory

Pine Bluff British & World English

an industrial city in southeastern Arkansas, on the Arkansas River, site of a large arsenal; population 50,408 (est. 2008)

double bluff British & World English

an action or statement that is intended to appear as a bluff but is in fact genuine

call someone's bluff in bluff1 British & World English

challenge someone to carry out a stated intention, in the expectation of being able to expose it as a pretence

bluff it out in bluff1 British & World English

survive a difficult situation by maintaining a pretence

blind man's bluff in blind man's buff ( also blind man's bluff) British & World English

a game in which a blindfold player tries to catch others while being pushed about by them