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buffalo

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As a noun, buffalo means any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis. As a verb, it means hunt buffalo.

Meanings of buffalo

9 meanings

noun

  1. Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis.

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

  3. The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).

  4. us slangA nickel.

  5. Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plainsanimal

    Similar: American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison

  6. Any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo, Cape buffaloanimal

    Similar: Old World buffalo

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verb

  1. To hunt buffalo.

  2. USslangTo outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.

Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. archaicTo pistol-whip.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

buffalo around the world

USTo outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.

Synonyms by meaning

noun: large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
American bisonAmerican buffaloBison bison
noun: any of several Old World animals resembling oxen includin…
Old World buffalo

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