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O que (quem) é bluff - definição
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Bluffs; Bluff (disambiguation); The Bluff; The Bluff (disambiguation); Bluff (film)
bluff
I
n.
false threat
1) to call smb.'s bluff ('to challenge smb. to carry out a false threat')
2) to fall for smb.'s bluff (to be deceived by a false threat')
II
v.
1) (D; tr.) to bluff into; out of (they bluffed him into making concessions)
2) to be caught bluffing
bluff
(bluffs, bluffing, bluffed)
1.
A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff...
What we're at here is a game of bluff.
N-VAR
see also double bluff
2.
If you call someone's bluff, you tell them to do what they have been threatening to do, because you are sure that they will not really do it.
The Socialists have decided to call the opposition's bluff.
PHRASE: V inflects
3.
If you bluff, you make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it, or that you know something when you do not really know it.
Either side, or both, could be bluffing...
In each case the hijackers bluffed the crew using fake grenades...
VERB: V, V n
bluff
bluff1
¦ noun an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
¦ verb try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions.
Phrases
call someone's bluff
1. challenge someone to carry out a stated intention, in the expectation of being able to expose it as a pretence.
2. (in poker or brag) make an opponent show their hand in order to reveal that its value is weaker than their heavy betting suggests.
Derivatives
bluffer noun
Origin
C17 (in the sense 'blindfold, hoodwink'): from Du. bluffen 'brag', or bluf 'bragging'.
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bluff2
¦ adjective good-naturedly frank and direct.
Derivatives
bluffly adverb
bluffness noun
Origin
C18 (in the sense 'surly'): figurative use of bluff3.
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bluff3
¦ noun
1. a steep cliff, bank, or promontory.
2. Canadian a grove or clump of trees.
¦ adjective (of a cliff or a ship's bows) having a vertical or steep broad front.
Origin
C17 (in naut. use): of unknown origin.
Exemplos do corpo de texto para bluff
1. Is it a diplomatic bluff or a serious possibility?
2. Often they bluff charge: run at you and veer off.
3. It was a game of nerves, of bluff and counterbluff.
4. Despite some grumblings, none of the ministers called his bluff.
5. Brooke threatens to leave and Gary calls her bluff.