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BLUFFER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bluffer mean? 

BLUFFER (noun)
  The noun BLUFFER has 1 sense:

1. a person who tries to bluff other peopleplay

  Familiarity information: BLUFFER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLUFFER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who tries to bluff other people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bluffer; four-flusher

Hypernyms ("bluffer" is a kind of...):

beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)

Derivation:

bluff (frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is)

bluff (deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." (English proverb)

"Cherish youth, but trust old age." (Native American proverb, Pueblo)

"For smart people, signs can replace words." (Arabic proverb)

"Through bumps, one learns to walk." (Corsican proverb)



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