Buffalo Definition
bŭfə-lō
buffaloed, buffaloes, buffaloing, buffalos
noun
buffaloes
Any of various wild oxen, sometimes domesticated, as the water buffalo of India or Cape buffalo of Africa.
Webster's New World
The American bison.
Webster's New World
The flesh of the North American bison, used as food.
American Heritage
A robe made of buffalo skin.
Webster's New World
Any of several North American suckers of the genus Ictiobus, having a dark body and an arched back.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- bison-bison
- American buffalo
- american-bison
- Old World buffalo
verb
buffaloed, buffalos
To baffle, bewilder, bluff, or overawe.
Webster's New World
To intimidate or frighten, as by a display of authority.
American Heritage
To confuse or deceive.
American Heritage
To hunt buffalo.
Wiktionary
(archaic) To pistol-whip.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of, for, or prepared in the manner of Buffalo wings.
Webster's New World
Origin of Buffalo
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Italian bufalo or Portuguese or Spanish búfalo from Late Latin būfalus from Latin būbalus antelope, buffalo from Greek boubalos antelope perhaps from bous cow gwou- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Portuguese búfalo (“buffalo”).
From Wiktionary
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