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quadruple bluff

quadruple bluff noun: the next bluff in sequence after a double bluff and a triple bluff.

Noun

quadruple bluff (plural quadruple bluffs)

  1. The next bluff in sequence after a double bluff and a triple bluff
    • The Reason it is not interpretable may be that while we can appreciate the difference between sincerity and a bluff, and even between a bluff and a double bluff, our minds aren’t yet rigged up to appreciate the difference between, say, a triple bluff and a quadruple bluff.1998, J Haiman, Talk is Cheap, Oxford university press, →ISBN
    • I have been given the topic of lust and immediately I wonder what it is that you are expecting, and as I wonder I try and think should I go for bluff, double bluff, triple bluff or quadruple bluff.2008, 28 February, Rt Revd Tim Thornton, Bishop of Sherborne, Lent lecture given to Salisbury Cathedral

Verb

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

  1. To perform a quadruple bluff

Forms of quadruple bluff

Noun
pluralquadruple bluffs
Verb
third-person singular presentquadruple bluffs
present participlequadruple bluffing
past participlequadruple bluffed
pastquadruple bluffed

Questions about quadruple bluff

What does quadruple bluff mean?
Quadruple bluff means the next bluff in sequence after a double bluff and a triple bluff.
What part of speech is quadruple bluff?
Quadruple bluff can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of quadruple bluff?
The plural of quadruple bluff is quadruple bluffs.

Words near quadruple bluff in the dictionary

  1. quadruplation
  2. quadruplations
  3. quadruplator
  4. quadruplators
  5. quadruple
  6. quadruple bluff
  7. quadruple bluffed
  8. quadruple bluffing
  9. quadruple bluffs
  10. quadruple double
  11. quadruple lock

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