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adjective
1.
good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man.
2.
presenting a bold and nearly perpendicular front, as a coastline: a bluff, precipitous headland.
3.
Nautical. (of the bow of a vessel) having a full, blunt form.
noun
4.
a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face.
5.
North Dakota, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Prairie Provinces. a clump or grove of trees on a prairie or other generally treeless area.
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Bluffer
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Origin:
1620–30; perhaps < Middle Low German blaff smooth, even, or < Middle Dutch blaf broad, flat
1620–30; perhaps < Middle Low German blaff smooth, even, or < Middle Dutch blaf broad, flat
Related forms
bluff·ly, adverb
bluff·ness, noun
Antonyms
1. subtle.
1. subtle.
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Word Origin & History
bluff
1680s, from Du. blaf "flat, broad," apparently a North Sea nautical term for ships with flat vertical bows, later extended to landscape features.
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