bluff
/blʌf/ adjective C2- Having a broad, flattened front. · the bluff bows of a ship
- Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
- Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
- Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners. · a bluff answer· a bluff manner of talking
Comparative bluffer · Superlative bluffest
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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"You can't bluff me, Count Sylvius." Holmes's eyes, as he gazed at him, contracted and lightened until they were like two menacing points of steel.
"And you talk about bluff!" said he.
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