(Canadian Prairies) A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.
(US, dated) The card game poker.
(poker) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.
(slang, dated) An excuse.
A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.
One who bluffs; a bluffer.
verb
(Manglish, Singlish) To give false information intentionally; to lie; to deceive
(by analogy) To frighten or deter with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate and gain some advantage.
(poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one's hand is stronger than it is.
To fluff, puff or swell up.
To take advantage by bluffing.
fable
fable
noun
A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true.
(transitive, archaic) To make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable.
fhlba
flabs
flabs
noun
plural of flab
flamb
flamb
verb
to baste roasted meat (obsolete, Scottishhttps://archive.org/details/cu31924088038397/page/n394/mode/2up?q=flamb.
flubs
flubs
noun
plural of flub
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flub
flyby
flyby
noun
(US) A low-level ceremonial flight, typically in connection with an airshow or a military parade.
(figurative) A brief visit.
(nautical) A sailby performed by a hydrofoil vessel while hydrofoiling.
A flight past a celestial object in order to make observations.