buff
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Etymology [edit]
From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ʌf
Noun [edit]
buff (plural buffs)
- 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.
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buff colour:
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- A military coat made of buff leather.
- (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject; an enthusiast.
- He’s a history buff.
- (gaming) An effect that temporally makes a gaming character stronger.
- (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
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Translations [edit]
a person who is very interested in a particular subject
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A brownish yellow colour
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Adjective [edit]
buff (comparative buffer or more buff, superlative buffest or most buff)
- Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
- (bodybuilding): Unusually muscular. (also buffed or buffed out)
- The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.
- 1994, Blurred Boundaries: Questions of Meaning in Contemporary Culture, page 155:
- The appearance of logic often derives from faulty syllogisms such as Sgt. Koon's conclusion that King was an ex-con because he was "buffed out" (heavily muscled). The thinking is: "ex-cons are often buffed out; this man is buffed out; therefore, this man is an ex-con."
- (slang) attractive.
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Translations [edit]
Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow
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Unusually muscular
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Good looking
Verb [edit]
buff (third-person singular simple present buffs, present participle buffing, simple past and past participle buffed)
- To polish and make shiny.
- (gaming) To make a character stronger.
- The enchanter buffed the paladin to prepare him to fight the dragon.
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Translations [edit]
To polish and make shiny
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