English Explanatory Dictionary

buff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
  2. A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
  3. A brownish yellow colour.
  4. A military coat made of buff leather.
  5. A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
  6. A change introduced in a patch that makes a character, item, or attack stronger.
  7. An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
  8. Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
  9. The bare skin.
  10. The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
  11. Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
adj
  1. Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
  2. Unusually muscular.
  3. Physically attractive.
verb
  1. To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
  2. To make a character or an item stronger.
  3. To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
  4. To remove (graffiti), particularly when done by someone who is not a graffiti writer.
  5. To strip to the bare skin.
verb
  1. To strike.
noun
  1. A strike; a blow.
verb
  1. To stammer, stutter
noun
  1. A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
noun
  1. Alternative form of buffe (“face armor”).
noun
  1. Acronym of big ugly fat fellow (or fucker), US Air Force nickname for the B-52 bomber.
name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. A member of the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).
noun
  1. Clipping of Buffalo nickel.
noun
  1. A member of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes.

Pronunciation

/bʌf/ /bɐf/ En-au-buff.ogg /bʊf/

Word forms

buff buffs buffer more buff buffest most buff buffing buffed

Etymology

From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”).

Synonyms

enthusiast aficionado amateur admirer buff connoisseur devotee maniac fan fanatic fancier fancy fiend freak geek junkie partisan rooter zealot revamp buffed buffed out wax shine polish furbish burnish

Antonyms

nerf debuff

Related words

SLUFF

Derived words

buff-bellied pipit buff-breasted sandpiper buff coat buffery buffhood buffish buffism buff jerkin buff nor stye Buff Point buff-tailed bumblebee buffware buffy in the buff iron buff railbuff railway buff buff-tip moth buffly buffster buffable buff down buff out buff the muffin buff up buff wheel unbuffed rebuff blind man's buff counterbuff

Translations

Spanish: mejora Spanish: beneficio Spanish: bruñido Spanish: bruñimiento Spanish: bruñidura
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