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- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Latinsēmi-
- Englishsemi-
- Englishbluff
- English todaysemi-bluff
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A type of bluff where the bluffer believes that the bluff has some chance of immediate success and also that they have some chance of improving their hand to win at a showdown. Full definition →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.