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

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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

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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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