buffalo
[buhf-uh-loh]
noun, plural buf·fa·loes, buf·fa·los, (especially collectively) buf·fa·lo.
any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae.Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
a buffalofish.
a shuffling tap-dance step.
verb (used with object), buf·fa·loed, buf·fa·lo·ing. Informal.
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
1535–45, Americanism; earlier bufalo < Portuguese (now bufaro) < Late Latin būfalus, variant of Latin būbalus bubal
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Historical Examples of buffaloed
But you-all slapped down the stuff in a stampede, sartin you had him buffaloed.
Desert DustEdwin L. Sabin
And since you are so fond of frankness, I will say that I think that Seaton has you buffaloed, as you call it.
Skylark ThreeEdward Elmer Smith
“You certainly had me buffaloed that day, all right,” went on Gunther.
Bert Wilson's Twin Cylinder RacerJ. W. Duffield
When one is too great to be buffaloed he is free to the gun of any man he injures.
The Sunset TrailAlfred Henry Lewis
However, these which are reported over in this area have me buffaloed.
Bill Bruce on Forest PatrolHenry Harley Arnold
Buffalo
noun
buffalo
noun plural -loes or -lo
verb (tr) US and Canadian informal
Word Origin for buffalo
C16: from Italian bufalo, from Late Latin būfalus, alteration of Latin būbalus; see bubal
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Note
Niagara Falls is northwest of Buffalo.
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