bluff

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.bluff¹ /blʌf/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Probably from Dutch bluffen 'to boast, play a kind of card game']
to pretend something, especially in order to achieve what you want in a difficult or dangerous situation:
You wouldn’t really tell her. You’re bluffing!
bluff your way out of/through/past etc somebody/something (=go somewhere or succeed in doing something by deceiving someone)
I hope we’ll be able to bluff our way past the guard.
‘I was with Don,’ she said, deciding to bluff it out (=continue to pretend something).
bluff somebody into (doing) something (=make someone do something by deceiving them)
II.bluff² BrE AmE noun
[Sense 1-2: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ⇨ ↑bluff¹]
[Sense 3: Date: 1600-1700; Origin: ⇨ ↑bluff³]
1. [uncountable and countable] an attempt to deceive someone by making them think you will do something, when you do not intend to do it:
The threat was only a bluff.
Whatever you say, you must do it. This isn’t a game of bluff. ⇨ ↑double bluff
2. call sb’s bluff to tell someone to do what they have threatened because you do not believe that they will really do it
3. [countable] a very steep cliff or slope
III.bluff³ BrE AmE adjective
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Early Dutch blaf 'flat']
a bluff person, usually a man, is pleasant but very direct and does not always consider other people:
He was a bluff no-nonsense administrator.

bluffhu

◎	[blʌf]
※	tính từ
	■	có dốc đứng (bờ biển...)
	■	cục mịch, chân thật, chất phác, không biết khách sáo màu mè
※	danh từ
	■	dốc đứng
	■	lời lừa gạt; lời bịp bợm
	■	sự tháu cáy (bài xì)
		☆	to call someone's bluff
			bắt tháu cáy của ai
※	động từ
	■	bịp, lừa gạt, lừa phỉnh
	■	tháu cáy

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bold, sheer, four flush, bluff out