Buffs
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of Buffs
C19: from their buff-coloured facings
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
From its exotic location to the now-iconic buffs, “Survivor” established a world all its own, complete with a unique lexicon of immunity challenges, tribal council and Probst’s signature catchphrase, “The tribe has spoken.”
From Los Angeles Times
Now, families and fitness buffs fill up well-lit public plazas at night.
Movie buffs can bet on the official categories plus some unorthodox ones, such as whether host Conan O’Brien will say “artificial intelligence.”
Now, instead of straightforward ballots with boxes to tick for each award, some Oscars buffs are using platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket, known as prediction markets.
Movie buffs are increasingly fixated with budgets and box-office results, a shift that has reshaped how they talk about films and pushed sites like Box Office Mojo into the mainstream.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.