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bluffy

bluffy adjective: having bluffs, or bold steep banks.

Adjective

bluffy (comparative more bluffy, superlative most bluffy)

  1. Having bluffs, or bold steep banks.
    • bluffy valley
  2. tending to be bluff (brusque).
  3. Inclined to bluff; bluffing.
    • The check-raise looks very bluffy (although you know better than to check-raise bluff on these types of boards against stubborn opponents).2010, Tri Nguyen, Aaron Davis, The Poker Blueprint

Forms of bluffy

comparativemore bluffy
superlativemost bluffy

Origin of bluffy

From bluff + -y.

Questions about bluffy

What does bluffy mean?
Bluffy means having bluffs, or bold steep banks.
What part of speech is bluffy?
Bluffy is an adjective.

Words near bluffy in the dictionary

  1. bluffs
  2. bluffs out
  3. Bluffton
  4. blufftop
  5. blufftops
  6. bluffy
  7. Bluford
  8. Blufords
  9. bluft
  10. blufted
  11. blufting

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