how to pronounce bluffing

/ˈblʌfɪŋ/

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bluffing is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of bluffing in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… it's to get caught bluffing it's to get …”

meanings of bluffing

verb:

Present participle of bluff.

noun:

A bluff; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate.

bluffing frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bluffing occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bluffing can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bluffing can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;