bluffing

Therefore, your claim that I was bluffing is unsupported.

Behe Responds 2007

That sort of bluffing is counterproductive. continue reading ...

Balkinization 2003

But, by producing an impression that he has what he wants -- in fact, by 'bluffing' -- a man can gain some of the advantages that he would gain by really having it.

Yet Again Max Beerbohm 1914

Fighting by "bluffing" - Advantage and disadvantage of being in front - Getting wounded - How one may lose his life trying to save it - Deserved rebuke, "I thought, sir, prisoners were captured on battlefields, not in hospitals" - Distressed father hunting his wounded boy

War stories and school-day incidents for the children, Berrien McPherson 1912

Both the buyer and the seller understand that lying - the euphemism is "bluffing" - is part of the game; thus neither side gains an unfair advantage when it lies about the selling price or the purchase price.

NPR Topics: News 2011

Both the buyer and the seller understand that lying - the euphemism is "bluffing" - is part of the game; thus neither side gains an unfair advantage when it lies about the selling price or the purchase price.

NPR Topics: News 2011

(See #1.) 3) Whether Stupak or the progressives are bluffing is (or will be, eventually) an empirical question.

Matthew Yglesias » Defections from the Left 2010

He may have succeeded in bluffing Bond, but he’s only calling with the other guys who obviously could have a very good hand.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » MOVIE ANALYSIS: Casino Royale 2006

"Y-- yes," stammered Milo, still battling with the idea of bluffing this calmly authoritative man.

Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Albert Payson Terhune 1907

Blix surmised that the bluffing was a cheap and effective deterrent.

tcpalm.com Stories 2010