buff.
Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
Meaning & usage
Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
A brownish yellow colour.
A military coat made of buff leather.
A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
He’s a real history buff. He knows everything there is to know about the civil war.
A change introduced in a patch that makes a character, item, or attack stronger.
An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
I just picked up an epic damage buff! Let's go gank the other team!
Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
The bare skin.
to strip to the buff
The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Ancient Greek [Term?]? Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos)bor. Latin būbalusder. Late Latin bufalusder. Italian bufaloder. Old French bufle Middle French buffleder. English buffe English buff From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”).
Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
Unusually muscular.
The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.
Physically attractive.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Ancient Greek [Term?]? Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos)bor. Latin būbalusder. Late Latin bufalusder. Italian bufaloder. Old French bufle Middle French buffleder. English buffe English buff From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”).
To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
He was already buffing the car's hubs.
To make a character or an item stronger.
The enchanter buffed the paladin to prepare him to fight the dragon.
I noticed that the pistols were buffed in the update.
To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
To remove (graffiti), particularly when done by someone who is not a graffiti writer.
To strip to the bare skin.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Ancient Greek [Term?]? Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos)bor. Latin būbalusder. Late Latin bufalusder. Italian bufaloder. Old French bufle Middle French buffleder. English buffe English buff From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”).
To strike.
Where this word comes from
From Old French bufer (“to cuff, buffet”). See buffet (“a blow”).
A strike; a blow.
Where this word comes from
From Old French bufer (“to cuff, buffet”). See buffet (“a blow”).
To stammer, stutter
Where this word comes from
From Middle English buffen (“to stutter, stammer”), from Old English byffan (“to mumble, mutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bubjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to fear, to be afraid”). More at bive (“tremble, shake”) and bever.
A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of buffalo.
Alternative form of buffe (“face armor”).
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