buffy

[ buhf-ee ]

/ ˈbʌf i /

adjective

buff-colored.

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CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THESE WORDS FROM "LITTLE WOMEN"

"Little Women" may be a classic, but that doesn't mean we all know the meanings of the vocab words from the book. Can you define these words correctly and make Jo proud?

Question 1 of 10

earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Origin of buffy

buff¹ + -y¹

Words nearby buffy

bufflehead, buffo, buffon, buffoon, buffs, buffy, buffy coat, bufotalin, bufotenine, bufotoxin, bug

Example sentences from the Web for buffy

You with Dark Angel and Sarah Michelle Gellar with Buffy were really the OGs when it comes to women kicking ass onscreen.
Jessica Alba on 'Sin City,' Typecasting, and How Homophobia Pushed Her Away From the Church|Marlow Stern|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And references to Trogdor the Burninator, are everywhere from sports nicknames to Buffy the Vampire slayer comics.
Homestar Runner, Trogdor the Burninator, and the Birth of the Internet|Rich Goldstein|April 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not only that, but one of my many dreams came true when I did a duet with the legendary Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Sandi Thom On How To Make It As A Female Rock Star|Sandi Thom|April 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The next thing you see is, indeed, what would have happened to Sunnydale if Buffy, the vampire slayer, had never hit town.
Democrats’ Best Weapon for Midterms: Fear of a Red Senate|Michael Tomasky|February 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

By 2002, Googling was so commonplace that it was mentioned in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Fact-Checking Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’: 10 Mistakes, False Statements, and Oversimplifications|Noah Charney|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In May and June they lay from six to ten eggs of a buffy or olive color.
The Bird Book|Chester A. Reed
And didn't she take Fluffy and Buffy, when they didn't have any one to love them, or any place to go?
Pollyanna|Eleanor H. Porter
Crown blackish with a central buffy stripe; nape brown and gray; sides of head, breast and flanks, buffy without streaks.
Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies|Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed
Prolonged wear and fading evidently serve to weaken the intensity of the color tones, more especially the buffy ones.
The Subspecies of the Mountain Chickadee|Joseph Grinnell
In mice in the earlier stages of adulthood, underfur of the dorsum is buffy at the tips and gray basally.
Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys|Robert L. Packard

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