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  • present participle of bluff.
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bluffing

[bluhf-ing] / ˈblʌf ɪŋ /










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The game is open and there is no scope for bluffing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Some said war was all but inevitable, while one salesman who gave his name as Mehdi predicted the negotiations would succeed, saying: "The Americans are bluffing."

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

But Scappaticci was bluffing and did not actually want to succeed, since if the government was ordered to tell the truth, he would have been confirmed as Stakeknife.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Beneath all the bluffing lies a determination of credibility.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025

“I learned a thing or two about bluffing, believe you me. Edward Ashton’s got a full house, perhaps—we’ll call it a house full of Ashtons! But you’ve got four of a kind.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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