bluffed

verb

past tense of bluff
1
as in tricked
to cause to believe what is untrue I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau

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2
as in pretended
to present a false appearance of the basketball player bluffed a shot, then passed instead

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Recent Examples of bluffed Any time the Patriots succeed with a new blitz or bluffed blitz in the first quarter, offenses expect to see it again later in the game. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026 On the second interception, Simmons said Delaware bluffed as if an all-out blitz was coming before falling back into coverage and making the pick. — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bluffed
  1. tricked
  2. pretended
  3. fooled
  4. assumed
  5. deceived
  6. simulated
Verb
  • Giovannoni showed that the free, open-source tool successfully tricked scammers into giving away their own private personal information, such as phone numbers, addresses, and even bank account details.
    — Kim Key, PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Wilson didn’t arrive at her position because Republicans tricked her into it.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of tricked
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  • As bait, the researchers created a fake startup, Ballena Azul, which pretended to focus on decentralized finance for large holders of cryptocurrency, which North Koreans have been known to target to fund the country’s regime.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The woman got up on their table and gleefully pretended to tap dance, drawing an amused crowd of onlookers.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of pretended
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  • But those eyeballs can be fooled—especially given the thermal, chemical, and physical complexity of the atmosphere in which the UAPs are being seen and reported.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Finding your people Don’t be fooled by the ease of conversations and the loud laughter — many of the women at the Girls Night Out board game night on Tuesday had never attended one of the social club’s events before, and most came on their own.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of fooled
Verb
  • Mueller was appointed and assumed office as police chief in Stillwater in January 2021.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2026
  • As of now, most people have assumed that Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie who disappeared in early 2026, won’t be found alive.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of assumed
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  • White House pool reporters deceived Advertisement McDonald pushed back on the idea that Air Force One and the people still aboard it, including journalists, were left exposed.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Harvey said at the time that his biggest concern was the people being deceived.
    — Victor Dey, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of deceived
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  • The researchers simulated the chips using Synopsys Design Compiler to evaluate their power consumption, performance, and physical size.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
  • It was modified to accommodate cosmonauts who needed to train in an environment that simulated weightlessness.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of simulated

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