English Explanatory Dictionary

buffalo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
  2. A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
  3. Ellipsis of buffalo robe.
  4. The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
  5. A nickel.
  6. A looter during the Civil War.
  7. A large or stupid person.
  8. An obese person, usually a woman.
  9. A black male.
  10. Ellipsis of American buffalo (“gold bullion coin”).
verb
  1. To hunt buffalo.
  2. To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
  3. To pistol-whip.
name
  1. A placename
  2. A major city, the county seat of Erie County, New York, USA; very near Niagara Falls.
  3. A number of other places in the United States, including:
  4. A small city in Scott County, Iowa.
  5. A city, the county seat of Wright County, Minnesota.
  6. A city, the county seat of Dallas County, Missouri.
  7. A town, the county seat of Harper County, Oklahoma.
  8. A census-designated place in Union County, South Carolina.
  9. A town, the county seat of Harding County, South Dakota.
  10. A small city in Leon County, Texas.
  11. A town in Putnam County, West Virginia.
  12. A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, not to be confused with Buffalo City in the same county.

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌf.əl.əʊ/ en-uk-Buffalo.ogg bŭf'ə-lō /ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/ en-us-buffalo.ogg /ˈbʌfəloʊ/

Word forms

buffalo buffaloes buffalos buffaloing buffaloed

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish búfalo (“buffalo”), from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”). Doublet of bubale and buffle.

Synonyms

buffle cow buffalo bulldoze bully browbeat dastardize daunt dishearten do down domineer drive hector intimidate menace strong-arm

Related words

Buffalo City Buffalo County Buffalo River buffalo sauce buffalo wing

Derived words

African buffalo American buffalo antibuffalo atomic buffalo turd beefalo Bremelo buffalo bean buffalo-berry buffaloberry buffalo berry buffalo bird buffalo bug buffalo-bur buffalo bur buffalo burr buffaloburger buffalo-bur nightshade buffalo-burr buffalo cauliflower buffalo chip Buffalo City buffalo clover Buffalo County buffalo fly Buffalo Gap buffalo gnat buffalo grass Buffalo Grove buffalo hump buffalo jump buffalopox Buffalo River buffalo robe buffalo sauce buffalo-skin buffalo soldier buffalo thorn Buffalo Trace buffalo weaver buffalo wing buffalo worm buffalypso buffarilla Cape buffalo catalo cattalo cattelo North American buffalo plains buffalo she-buffalo water buffalo water buffalo calf Wood Buffalo yakalo
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