Buffalo

Quick meaning: Buffalo is a noun meaning A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.

Meaning

A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.

More Meanings

1. Ellipsis of buffalo robe.
2. The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
3. (US slang) A nickel.
4. An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
5. (slang, US, historical) A looter during the Civil War.
6. (slang, derogatory) A large or stupid person.
7. (slang, derogatory) An obese person, usually a woman.

Example Sentences

"It must be a very wild stretch of country, and full of big game. I have always wanted to kill a buffalo before I die."

The nontechnical administrator should never be buffaloed by the esoteric vocabulary and the endless jargon of the computer expert.

If nonfiction is where you do your best writing, or your best teaching of writing, don't be buffaloed into the idea that it's an inferior species.

The feuds between Namsang and Borduria continued. In 1875-76 the dispute between the Namsang and Borduria arose about the buffaloes which were carried off by Borduria people from Namsang areas.

Word Forms

• buffaloes
• buffalos
• buffaloing
• buffaloed

Synonyms for buffalo

Depending on context, synonyms include buffle, cow, bulldoze, bully, browbeat, dastardize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bull, cow, vaccine, park, wild, bigmouth.

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