buffalo
any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae.: Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
a buffalofish.
a shuffling tap-dance step.
to puzzle or baffle; confuse; mystify: He was buffaloed by the problem.
to impress or intimidate by a display of power, importance, etc.: The older boys buffaloed him.
Origin of buffalo
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Other definitions for Buffalo (2 of 2)
a port in W New York, on Lake Erie.
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buffalo ranked tenth in the nation, while Detroit and Pittsburgh ranked twelth and thirteenth, respectively.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead | Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA remarkable snowstorm plowed through buffalo, New York on Tuesday.
WATCH: "Lake Effect" Snowstorm Batters Buffalo | The Daily Beast Video | November 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter he graduated high school, Stasio enrolled at the University at buffalo and entered the ROTC program.
buffalo has been growing again, but it does not have 370,000 millionaires like New York City has.
They asked the director of the buffalo Zoo for some wallaby hair.
Ebola's Roots Are 50 Times Older Than Mankind. And That Could Be the Key to Stopping It. | Michael Daly | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne or two of the buffalo-hunters exchanged words with us while Mac was building his cigarette and lighting it.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairAt buffalo, where this fountain was exhibited, it received honorable mention.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementThe camp grew still, except for the rough and ready cook pottering about the fire, boiling buffalo-meat and mixing biscuit-dough.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairTom leaped on one side; the buffalo-bull turned short round and made another dash at him.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneAnd from my roost I could note the passing of anything bigger than a buffalo yearling, within a radius of at least six miles.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for buffalo (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbʌfəˌləʊ) /
Also called: Cape buffalo a member of the cattle tribe, Syncerus caffer, mostly found in game reserves in southern and eastern Africa and having upward-curving horns
short for water buffalo
Also called: bison US and Canadian a member of the cattle tribe, Bison bison, formerly widely distributed over the prairies of W North America but now confined to reserves and parks, with a massive head, shaggy forequarters, and a humped back: Related adjective: bubaline
(often passive) to confuse
to intimidate
Origin of buffalo
1British Dictionary definitions for Buffalo (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbʌfəˌləʊ) /
a port in W New York State, at the E end of Lake Erie. Pop: 285 018 (2003 est)
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Cultural definitions for Buffalo
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