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BUFF
buff
(adjective) of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
buff, buffer
(noun) an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
buff
(noun) bare skin; “swimming in the buff means to swim naked”
fan, buff, devotee, lover
(noun) an ardent follower and admirer
buff
(noun) a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
buff, burnish, furbish
(verb) polish and make shiny; “buff the wooden floors”; “buff my shoes”
buffet, buff
(verb) strike, beat repeatedly; “The wind buffeted him”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
buff (countable and uncountable, 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.
A military coat made of buff leather.
(informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject; an enthusiast.
(video games, RPG) An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
(rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
(colloquial) The bare skin.
The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
A substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
Synonyms
• (an enthusiast about a particular subject): aficionado
• (video games): revamp
Antonyms
• (video games): debuff, nerf
Adjective
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)
(slang) Physically attractive.
Verb
buff (third-person singular simple present buffs, present participle buffing, simple past and past participle buffed)
To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
(video games, RPG) To make a character or an item stronger.
(medical slang) To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
Synonyms
• (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing): wax, shine, polish, furbish, burnish
Antonyms
• (video games): debuff, nerf
Etymology 2
Verb
buff (third-person singular simple present buffs, present participle buffing, simple past and past participle buffed)
To strike.
Noun
buff (plural buffs)
(obsolete) A buffet; a blow.
Etymology 3
Noun
buff (countable and uncountable, plural buffs)
(informal) A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
Etymology
Proper noun
Buff
A surname.
Noun
BUFF (plural BUFFs)
(slang, US, Air Force) Acronym of big ugly fat fellow (or fucker); US Airforce nickname for the B-52 bomber.
Source: Wiktionary
Buff, n. Etym: [OE. buff, buffe, buff, buffalo, F. buffle buffalo. See Buffalo.]
1. A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner. "A suit of buff." Shak.
2. The color to buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown. A visage rough, Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff. Dryden.
3. A military coat, made of buff leather. Shak.
4. (Med.)
Definition: The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
5. (Mech.)
Definition: A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
6. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.] To be in buff is equivalent to being naked. Wright.
Buff, a.
1. Made of buff leather. Goldsmith.
2. Of the color of buff. Buff coat, a close, military outer garment, with short sleeves, and laced tightly over the chest, made of buffalo skin, or other thick and elastic material, worn by soldiers in the 17th century as a defensive covering.
– Buff jerkin, originally, a leather waistcoat; afterward, one of cloth of a buff color. [Obs.] Nares.
– Buff stick (Mech.), a strip of wood covered with buff leather, used in polishing.
Buff, v. t.
Definition: To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
Buff, v. t. Etym: [OF. bufer to cuff, buffet. See Buffet a blow.]
Definition: To strike. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Buff, n. Etym: [See Buffet.]
Definition: A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff." Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent That made him reel. Spenser.
Buff, a. Etym: [Of uncertain etymol.]
Definition: Firm; sturdy. And for the good old cause stood buff, 'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. Hudibras.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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