bluffing
pronunciation
How to pronounce bluffing in British English:
UK [ˈblʌfɪŋ]
How to pronounce bluffing in American English:
US [ˈblʌfɪŋ]
Word Origin
- bluffing (n.)
- 1845, in the poker sense, verbal noun from bluff (v.).
Example
- 1. The producers were convinced the actors were bluffing .
- 2. Everyone knows his threats are empty , that he 's bluffing and helpless .
- 3. Dr kassin also tested the impact of bluffing .
- 4. You only raise when you 're bluffing .
- 5. India might think pakistan is bluffing in its professed willingness to use tactical nuclear weapons against indian ground troops on pakistani soil .