bluffs
pronunciation
How to pronounce bluffs in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce bluffs in American English:
US
Word Origin
- bluffs (n.)
- see bluff (n.1).
Example
- 1. Both nuclear facilities are located above the water on coastal bluffs .
- 2. There I was admiring the landscape with towering limestone bluffs ( my excuse anyway ) when the next moment I 'm careering down the bank into a ditch .
- 3. Geography has long defined the city of chongqing , nestled in between mountain bluffs on the banks of the yangtze river .
- 4. Homes designed like those of earlier times line the streets of edgartown , oak bluffs and vineyard haven .
- 5. For these reasons , it is no surprise that u. s.policymakers have been reluctant to launch a trade war with china ; officials in beijing understand this reluctance well and , accordingly , have viewed u. s.threats as bluffs .