bluff, blunt, brusque, curt, crusty, gruff mean abrupt and unceremonious in speech and manner. bluff connotes good-natured outspokenness and unconventionality.

Surrounded by dramatic sandstone bluffs, the town of Bluff holds a significant place in Utah history. Mormon settlers arrived in the late 1800s, drawn by the area’s proximity to the San …

bluff noun [C] (CLIFF) (used in many names of places) a cliff or steep slope, often above a river: Council Bluffs, Iowa

Bluff can mean a high cliff, or it can describe a person who is abrupt in manner. The most common usage of bluff is as a verb meaning to pretend. If you bluff at cards, you are …

1. to mislead or intimidate by a display of strength, self-confidence, or the like. 2. to achieve by bluffing: to bluff one's way into a job. 3. to deceive (an opponent in poker) by betting heavily on …

If you describe someone as bluff, you mean that they have a very direct way of speaking and behaving. He comes across as a man with a bluff exterior who, beyond that, is difficult to get to …

If you have made a bluff or a threat and people call your bluff, they tell you to do the thing you have threatened to do because they do not believe that you will really do it.

Nestled between dramatic sandstone bluffs and the San Juan River on the Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway is the oasis of Bluff, Utah. People have been drawn to this area along the river …

6 days ago · bluff (plural bluffs) A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face. quotations

Having or showing a rough and blunt but not unkind manner: "the great big bluff guests who told bawdy jokes and got up early to watch the sun rise" (Erin McGraw).