bluff | (noun) the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards | Synonyms: four flush |
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(noun) pretense that your position is stronger than it really is | - |
(noun) a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion) | - |
bluffer | (noun) a person who tries to bluff other people | Synonyms: four-flusher |
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bluffness | (noun) good-natured frankness | - |
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fluff | (noun) a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) | - |
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(noun) something of little value or significance | Synonyms: bagatelle, frippery, frivolity |
(noun) any light downy material | - |
fluffiness | (noun) a light softness | Synonyms: downiness, featheriness |
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luff | (noun) the act of sailing close to the wind | - |
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(noun) (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast | - |
luffa | (noun) any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge | Synonyms: dishcloth gourd, rag gourd, sponge gourd, strainer vine |
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(noun) the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer | Synonyms: loofa, loofah, loufah sponge |