What part of speech is bluffer?

Bluffer can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. bluffer is a noun, singular of bluffers.
  • 2. bluffer is an adjective, comparative of bluff.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

What does bluffer mean?

Definitions

Adjective

bluff - bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"
bluff - very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock"

Noun

bluffer - a person who tries to bluff other people

Examples of bluffer

#   Sentence  
1. noun His bluff succeeded in getting him accepted.
2. noun Musharraf calls the bluff.
3. noun Unfortunately for those eager to indefinitely carry on with the lucrative business of conflict resolution in South Asia, Pervez Musharraf has now called Colin Powell's bluff, challenging him to deliver on his frequent statements implying that the Indians jump to his commands.
4. noun Hanako called his bluff.
5. noun She was tempted to call his bluff, hardly believing that he would carry out his threat.
6. noun As I stood upon the bluff before my cottage on that clear cold night in the early part of March, 1886, the noble Hudson flowing like the grey and silent spectre of a dead river below me, I felt again the strange, compelling influence of the mighty god of war, my beloved Mars, which for ten long and lonesome years I had implored with outstretched arms to carry me back to my lost love.
7. noun We can't call their bluff.
8. noun Call Tom's bluff.
9. noun Tom called Mary's bluff.
10. noun It's obviously a bluff.
11. noun Tom called my bluff.
12. noun I ended up tripping and skinning my knee while I was it in our game of blind man's bluff.
13. noun Tom plans to call their bluff.
14. noun As the whirl of dust drew nearer to the solitary bluff upon which the two castaways were reposing, the canvas-covered tilts of waggons and the figures of armed horsemen began to show up through the haze, and the apparition revealed itself as being a great caravan upon its journey for the West.
15. noun How did you know I was going to call your bluff?
16. adj. A bluff but pleasant manner.
17. adj. A bluff and rugged natural leader.
18. adj. A bluff headland.
Sentence  
noun
His bluff succeeded in getting him accepted.
Musharraf calls the bluff.
Unfortunately for those eager to indefinitely carry on with the lucrative business of conflict resolution in South Asia, Pervez Musharraf has now called Colin Powell's bluff, challenging him to deliver on his frequent statements implying that the Indians jump to his commands.
Hanako called his bluff.
She was tempted to call his bluff, hardly believing that he would carry out his threat.
As I stood upon the bluff before my cottage on that clear cold night in the early part of March, 1886, the noble Hudson flowing like the grey and silent spectre of a dead river below me, I felt again the strange, compelling influence of the mighty god of war, my beloved Mars, which for ten long and lonesome years I had implored with outstretched arms to carry me back to my lost love.
We can't call their bluff.
Call Tom's bluff.
Tom called Mary's bluff.
It's obviously a bluff.
Tom called my bluff.
I ended up tripping and skinning my knee while I was it in our game of blind man's bluff.
Tom plans to call their bluff.
As the whirl of dust drew nearer to the solitary bluff upon which the two castaways were reposing, the canvas-covered tilts of waggons and the figures of armed horsemen began to show up through the haze, and the apparition revealed itself as being a great caravan upon its journey for the West.
How did you know I was going to call your bluff?
adj.
A bluff but pleasant manner.
A bluff and rugged natural leader.
A bluff headland.

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