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bluff

1   [bluhf] adjective, -er, -est, noun
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.
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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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Origin:
1620–30; perhaps < Middle Low German blaff smooth, even, or < Middle Dutch blaf broad, flat

Related forms
bluff·ly, adverb
bluff·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. forthright, open, honest; rough, crude. See blunt. 2. abrupt, steep.

Antonyms
1. subtle.

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bluff2 (blʌf)
 
—n
1.  a steep promontory, bank, or cliff, esp one formed by river erosion on the outside bend of a meander
2.  (Canadian) a clump of trees on the prairie; copse
 
—adj
3.  good-naturedly frank and hearty
4.  (of a bank, cliff, etc) presenting a steep broad face
 
[C17 (in the sense: nearly perpendicular): perhaps from Middle Dutch blaf broad]
 
'bluffly2
 
—adv
 
'bluffness2
 
—n

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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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