Buff

/bʌf/ · noun

Meaning

Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals..

Definitions by Sense

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. (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
6. (video games) A change introduced in a patch that makes a character, item, or attack stronger.
7. (video games, roleplaying games) An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
8. (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.

Example Sentences

[…]; but is in a ſuite of buffe […]

1693, John Dryden (translator), The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis Translated into English Verse, London: Jacob Tonson, Satire 10, lines 307-308, p. 203, […] a Visage rough, Deform’d, Unfeatur’d, and a Skin of Buff.

His face changed from tan to buff.

A diuell in an euerlaſting garment hath him ; / On whoſe hard heart is button’d vp with ſteele : / A Feind, a Fairie, pittileſſe and ruffe : / A Wolfe, nay worſe, a fellow all in buffe […]

He’s a real history buff. He knows everything there is to know about the civil war.

I just picked up an epic damage buff! Let's go gank the other team!

to strip to the buff

To be in buff, is equivalent to being naked.

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Word Forms

• buffs
• buffer
• more buff
• buffest
• most buff
• buffing
• buffed

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