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double-bluff

double-bluff verb: to trick someone by appearing to bluff, while not bluffing.

Verb

double-bluff (third-person singular simple present double-bluffs, present participle double-bluffing, simple past and past participle double-bluffed)

  1. To trick someone by appearing to bluff, while not bluffing.

Forms of double-bluff

third-person singular presentdouble-bluffs
present participledouble-bluffing
past participledouble-bluffed
pastdouble-bluffed

Questions about double-bluff

What does double-bluff mean?
Double-bluff means to trick someone by appearing to bluff, while not bluffing.
What part of speech is double-bluff?
Double-bluff is a verb.
What is the past tense of double-bluff?
The past tense of double-bluff is double-bluffed.

Words near double-bluff in the dictionary

  1. double-bearing
  2. double-biting
  3. double-blind
  4. double-blind test
  5. double-blind tests
  6. double-bluff
  7. double-bonded
  8. double-book
  9. double-booked
  10. double-booking
  11. double-books

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