Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To make a bluff; to give the impression that one’s hand is stronger than it is. · To frighten, deter, or deceive with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate or gain some advantage. · To perform or achieve by bluffing. · To give false information intentionally, to lie (to someone), to deceive; to put on an act.
Probably from Dutch bluffen (“to brag”), from Middle Dutch bluffen (“to make something swell; to bluff”); or from the Dutch noun bluf (“bragging”). Related to German verblüffen (“to stump, perplex”).
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- Borrowed-form mentionbluffennl
- Derivation mentionbluffendum
- Cognate mentionverblüffende · to stump, perplex
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