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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 people
Familiarity information: BLUFFER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
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