A bluff is when someone tries to pretend that they have a good hand of cards. If someone calls your bluff, they think you're bluffing and challenge you to either give up or put money into the pot. This idiom can also be used for any circumstance where someone is pretending to be better off than they really are, and someone else tells them to "put up or shut up."
The short, steep hillside that overlooked the town was considered to be a bluff. I've won several contests with only a bluff.
Elm Bluff Plantation was created in 1840.
The duration of A Little Bit of Bluff is 1.02 hours.
The steep rocky face of a bluff is most often called a cliff.
Blind Man's Bluff - 1898 was released on: USA: July 1898
Calling His Bluff - 1919 was released on: USA: 1 December 1919
The cast of Calling His Bluff - 1919 includes: Lillian Biron George Ovey
Calling Hubby's Bluff - 1929 was released on: USA: 1 February 1929
Barbara Swirski has written: 'Calling the Equality Bluff'
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The short answer is yes.
The plural form for the noun bluff is bluffs.
The short, steep hillside that overlooked the town was considered to be a bluff. I've won several contests with only a bluff.
Depends which bluff you mean. Bluff as a steep promontory or a steep bank comes from an early Dutch word 'Blaf' meaning 'broad' . Bluff as a poker term is early American English, taken from another Dutch word, 'Bluffen' meaning to 'brag or boast'. Another Dutch word 'verbluffen' meaning to 'baffle or mislead' is also applicable.
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The address of the Poplar Bluff Museum is: Po Box 1083, Poplar Bluff, MO 63902-1083
The address of the Fair Bluff Community Library is: 315 Railroad St, Fair Bluff, 28439 M