Usually means: Deceived others by pretending confidence.
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  1. bluffed: Merriam-Webster
  2. bluffed: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bluffed: Vocabulary.com
  4. bluffed: Wordnik
  5. bluffed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. bluffed: Wiktionary
  7. Bluffed, bluffed: Dictionary.com
  8. bluffed: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Bluffed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Bluffed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. bluffed: FreeDictionary.org
  12. bluffed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bluffed: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Bluff)

noun:  (countable or uncountable) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.
noun:  (poker, countable or uncountable) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.
noun:  (US, dated, uncountable) The card game poker.
noun:  (countable) One who bluffs; a bluffer.
noun:  (slang, dated, countable or uncountable) Pretense, excuse.
verb:  (poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one’s hand is stronger than it is.
verb:  (by analogy) 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.
verb:  To take advantage by bluffing.
verb:  (Manglish, Singlish) To give false information intentionally, to lie (to someone), to deceive; to put on an act.
noun:  A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
noun:  (Canadian Prairies) A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.
adjective:  Having a broad, flattened front.
adjective:  Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
adjective:  Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
adjective:  Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners.
verb:  To fluff, puff or swell up.
noun:  A town in New Zealand, the southernmost in the South Island, and seaport for the Southland region.
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