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bluff
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adj 1: 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" [syn: bluff,
bold, sheer]
2: bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but
pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"
n 1: a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
2: pretense that your position is stronger than it really is;
"his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"
3: the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of
confidence in the strength of your cards [syn: bluff, four
flush]
v 1: deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with
the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand [syn:
bluff, bluff out]
2: frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really
is
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buff
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adj 1: of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff,
devotee, lover]
2: a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or
oxen
3: bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff"
4: a medium to dark tan color [syn: yellowish brown, raw
sienna, buff, caramel, caramel brown]
5: an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block;
used for polishing (as in manicuring) [syn: buff, buffer]
v 1: strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" [syn:
buffet, buff]
2: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my
shoes" [syn: buff, burnish, furbish]
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chuff
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v 1: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his
way up the mountain" [syn: puff, huff, chuff]
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cuff
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n 1: the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end
of the sleeve or leg [syn: cuff, turnup]
2: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked
around the wrist; usually used in pairs [syn: handcuff,
cuff, handlock, manacle]
v 1: hit with the hand [syn: cuff, whomp]
2: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs;
"The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"
[syn: manacle, cuff, handcuff]
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enough
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adv 1: as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty'
is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks" [syn: enough,
plenty]
adj 1: sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the
food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food
enough" [syn: adequate, decent, enough]
n 1: an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to
achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there
is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"
[syn: enough, sufficiency]
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fluff
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n 1: any light downy material
2: something of little value or significance [syn: bagatelle,
fluff, frippery, frivolity]
3: a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle,
fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up,
bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,
fuck up]
2: erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" [syn:
ruffle, fluff]
3: ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp,
for a full effect [syn: tease, fluff]
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gruff
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adj 1: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a
crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff
manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: crusty, curmudgeonly,
gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured]
2: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or
emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse
cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"-
Virgil Thomson [syn: gruff, hoarse, husky]
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huff
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n 1: a state of irritation or annoyance [syn: huff, miff,
seeing red]
v 1: inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine
almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue" [syn:
huff, snort]
2: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his
way up the mountain" [syn: puff, huff, chuff]
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luff
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n 1: (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is
next to the mast
2: the act of sailing close to the wind
v 1: sail close to the wind [syn: luff, point]
2: flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides; "the
sails luffed"
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muff
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n 1: a warm tubular covering for the hands
2: (sports) dropping the ball [syn: fumble, muff]
v 1: fail to catch, as of a ball
2: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we
had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff,
bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble,
mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up]
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puff
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adj 1: gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" [syn:
puff, puffed]
n 1: a short light gust of air [syn: puff, puff of air,
whiff]
2: a light inflated pastry or puff shell
3: exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
4: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and
stitched together [syn: quilt, comforter, comfort,
puff]
5: a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying
powder to the skin [syn: powderpuff, puff]
6: thick cushion used as a seat [syn: ottoman, pouf,
pouffe, puff, hassock]
7: a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on
his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the
smoke slowly" [syn: puff, drag, pull]
8: forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his
nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single
puff" [syn: blow, puff]
v 1: smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
[syn: puff, whiff]
2: suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a
cigarette" [syn: puff, drag, draw]
3: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners
reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant,
puff, gasp, heave]
4: make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
5: praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway
production" [syn: puff, puff up]
6: speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of
man"
7: to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the
drugs"; "puffed out chests" [syn: puff, puff up, blow
up, puff out]
8: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his
way up the mountain" [syn: puff, huff, chuff]
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rebuff
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n 1: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of
anger or disapproval) [syn: rebuff, slight]
2: an instance of driving away or warding off [syn: rebuff,
snub, repulse]
v 1: reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"
[syn: rebuff, snub, repel]
2: force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the
onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" [syn: repel, repulse,
fight off, rebuff, drive back]
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rough
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adv 1: with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal
variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside";
"they treated him rough" [syn: roughly, rough]
2: with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" [syn:
roughly, rough]
adj 1: having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with
rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough
blankets"; "his unsmooth face" [syn: rough, unsmooth]
[ant: smooth]
2: (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she
was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"
3: not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10
o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [syn:
approximate, approximative, rough]
4: full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success";
"they were having a rough time" [syn: rocky, rough]
5: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and
waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra
Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [syn: boisterous,
fierce, rough]
6: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
[syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough,
scratchy]
7: ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious
spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an
exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough
and determined fighting men" [syn: pugnacious, rough]
8: of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed
or scalloped [ant: smooth]
9: causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a
rough ride" [syn: rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty,
jolting, jumpy] [ant: smooth]
10: not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond";
"rough gemstones" [syn: uncut, rough] [ant: cut]
11: not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude
splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them";
"rough carpentry" [syn: crude, rough]
12: not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
13: unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand
and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous" [syn:
harsh, rough]
14: unkind or cruel or uncivil; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and
unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer" [syn: harsh,
rough]
n 1: the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the
grass is not cut short
v 1: prepare in preliminary or sketchy form [syn: rough in,
rough, rough out]
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ruff
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n 1: an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about
the neck of a bird or other animal [syn: frill, ruff]
2: a high tight collar [syn: choker, ruff, ruffle, neck
ruff]
3: common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff
in breeding season [syn: ruff, Philomachus pugnax]
4: (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when
unable to follow suit [syn: ruff, trumping]
v 1: play a trump [syn: trump, ruff]
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scruff
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n 1: the back side of the neck [syn: nape, scruff, nucha]
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scuff
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n 1: a slipper that has no fitting around the heel [syn: mule,
scuff]
2: the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
v 1: walk without lifting the feet [syn: scuff, drag]
2: get or become scuffed; "These patent leather shoes scuffed"
3: mar by scuffing; "scuffed shoes"
4: poke at with the foot or toe
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slough
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n 1: necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
[syn: gangrene, sphacelus, slough]
2: a hollow filled with mud
3: a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
4: any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the
cast-off skin of a snake)
v 1: cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds
every Spring" [syn: shed, molt, exuviate, moult,
slough]
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snuff
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adj 1: snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown [syn:
snuff, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown]
n 1: the charred portion of a candlewick
2: a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
3: finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
4: sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose [syn: sniff,
snuff]
v 1: sniff or smell inquiringly [syn: snuff, snuffle]
2: inhale audibly through the nose; "snuff coke"
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stuff
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n 1: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a
physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is
the stuff they use to make bread" [syn: material,
stuff]
2: miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of
stuff"
3: informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all
your clobber?" [syn: stuff, clobber]
4: senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" [syn: stuff,
stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock]
5: unspecified qualities required to do or be something; "the
stuff of heros"; "you don't have the stuff to be a United
States Marine"
6: information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had
heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book"
7: a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense
is the very stuff of narrative"
v 1: cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his
pockets"
2: press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust
the letter into his hand" [syn: thrust, stuff, shove,
squeeze]
3: obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are
blocked" [syn: stuff, lug, choke up, block] [ant:
loosen up, unstuff]
4: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She
stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice
cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut,
englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat,
gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig
out, satiate, scarf out]
5: treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a
bearskin"
6: fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"
7: fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the
turkey yet?" [syn: farce, stuff]
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tough
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adj 1: not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough
character" [ant: tender]
2: very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a
rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of
frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough
life"; "it was a tough job" [syn: rugged, tough]
3: physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet" [syn:
tough, toughened] [ant: tender, untoughened]
4: substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves";
"sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics
are as tough as metal" [syn: sturdy, tough]
5: violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough
street gangs" [syn: ruffianly, tough]
6: feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally
used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she
felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless
night" [syn: bad, tough]
7: resistant to cutting or chewing [ant: tender]
8: unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
[syn: hard, tough]
9: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or
believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of
what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at
home" [syn: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic,
problematical, tough]
n 1: someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than
being formally trained in the sport of boxing [syn: street
fighter, tough]
2: an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood,
hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie,
strong-armer]
3: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough, hooligan,
ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo]
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tuff
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n 1: hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash [syn:
tuff, tufa]
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ruf
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n 1: a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone;
seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the
diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on
civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and
using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the
president of Liberia [syn: Revolutionary United Front,
RUF]
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mcgough
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acuff
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bruff
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buffe
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cluff
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cuffe
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pluff
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stough
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leboeuf
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macduff
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mcduff
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mcgeough
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