bluffs
Pretends having cards
Bluffs works across two unrelated words.
From one: a bluff is a steep cliff or riverbank with a broad face, and the plural names such features: the bluffs overlooking the Missouri River.
From the other: to bluff is to deceive by false confidence, especially in poker, and bluffs are instances of this—attempts to mislead about what you hold or intend: He called her bluffs and won the pot.
Vertical rock wall
- precipiceSteep rock face
- escarpmentSteep slope dividing elevations
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
plateau · palisade · headland · promontory · outcrop · crag · ledge · loess
Pretending to feel something
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- charadeAbsurd or obvious pretense
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- shamFraudulent imitation
guise · masquerade · duplicity · subterfuge · artifice · ploy · decoy · disingenuous
cliff
Vertical rock wall
- precipiceSteep rock face
- escarpmentSteep slope dividing elevations
- overlookMiss or commanding view
ridge · plateau · palisade · headland · promontory · outcrop · crag · ledge · loess · riverside
feigning
Pretending to feel something
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- charadeAbsurd or obvious pretense
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
sham · guise · masquerade · duplicity · subterfuge · artifice · ploy · decoy · disingenuous · hoodwink
ante
Pre-deal poker payment
showdown · hold'em · all-in · fold · raise · call · check · pot · chips · dealer
threaten
Promise harm or punishment
daunt · domineer · overawe · cow · browbeat · posture · pressure · deter · discourage · bravado
- coastal featuresshore, coast, beach, bay, cliff
- coastal placesbeach, Big Sur, island, Monterey Bay, resort
- desert geologyslot canyon, slot canyons, dunes, ergs, mesa
- Lake OntarioToronto, Rochester, Kingston, Hamilton, Niagara River
- Southeast landscapesbarrier islands, bayous, Blue Ridge Mountains, bottomlands, coastal plains
- Southern LandformsAppalachians, Blue Ridge Mountains, Mississippi Delta, coastal plain, Everglades
bluffstruths
Accurate statements about reality
honesties · genuineness · forthrightness · straight talk · realities
bluffsproves
Establishes truth of
demonstrates · delivers · backs up · follows through · substantiates
- call someone's bluffTest if threat is real
- call the bluffExpose an empty threat
- river bluffsElevated terrain along waterways
- blind man's bluffBlindfolded player seeks others
- double bluffDeception through apparent honesty
- bluffed outWon by false confidence
bluff, bluffing, bluffer, bluffed, bluffers, double bluff, bluffness