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bluff

/blʌf/

US pronunciation

American sound/blʌf/

bluff

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short u vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> bluff

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ကမ်းနဖူးမတ်စောက်သော။ဟောဟော ဒိုင်းဒိုင်းပြောတတ်သော။စိတ်ထားကောင်း၍ အပြောအဆို အမူအရာ ကြမ်းတင်းသော။ (n) မတ်စောက်သော ကမ်းပါး။ဟန်ဆောင်ခြင်။ကြွားဝါ-လိမ်ညာ-ခြင်း။ (v.t) ဟန်ဆောင်၍လိမ်ညာသည်။

Full entry

bluff¹ /blʌf/ v

(သူများအထင်ကြီးအောင်) ဖြီးသည်၊ ဖြန်းသည်။
I don't believe he'd really do it—he's only bluffing (us).
n [U, C] ဖြီးလုံး။ လှန့်လုံး။
The company's threat to fire anyone who went on strike was just (a) bluff.
❏ bluff sb into doing sth [PHRV ] ညာခိုင်းသည်။
You'll never bluff them into letting you go.
❏ bluff it out [PHRV ] အခက်အခဲမှ လှည့်ဖြား လွတ်မြောက် သည်။
❏ bluff one's way out (of sth) [PHRV ] အကျပ်အတည်းမှ အတည်ပေါက် လွတ်လမ်းထွင်ထွက်သည်။

bluff² /blʌf/ n

ပင်လယ်ကမ်းပါးပြတ်။

bluff³ /blʌf/ adj

ဟောဟောဒိုင်းဒိုင်းရှိသော။
He is kind and friendly despite his rather bluff manner. bluffness n [U]

More examples

They said they’d had another offer, but we knew they were just bluffing.
[bluff your way etc] : She managed to bluff her way past the guards, by saying she was a journalist.

Synonyms

trick, con, fake it, lie, pretend, deceive, pass off, abrupt, affect, bank, barefaced, bearish, beguile, betray, blag, blunt, bluster, blustering, boast; deceit, braggadocio, bragging, bravado, breviloquent, brief, brusque, bunco, candid, cheery, cliff, counterfeit, crag, crusty, curt, deceit, deception, defraud, delude, delusion, direct, double-cross, downright, escarpment, facade, fake, fake out, false colors, false front, feign, feint, fool, forthright, frank, fraud, front, gruff, headland, hearty, height, hill, hillside, honest, humbug, illude, jive, jiving, juggle, laconic, loud, mislead, mound, mountain, no-nonsense, open, outspoken, peak, plain-spoken, precipice, pretense, pretext, promontory, psych out, put on, ridge, rock, rough, rude, ruse, scam, sham, short, short-spoken, show, shuck, simulate, sincere, snippety, snippy, snow, stall, straightforward, subterfuge, tactless, take in, tart, terse, unceremonious

Antonyms

be honest, come clean, courteous, definite, devious, dishonest, frankness, honesty, lengthy, long, openness, polite, protect, reality, reveal, support, tell truth, truth

Cross references

trick con fake it lie pretend deceive pass off abrupt affect bank barefaced bearish beguile betray blag blunt bluster blustering boast; deceit braggadocio bragging bravado breviloquent brief brusque bunco candid cheery

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