"buff" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /bʌf/ Audio: en-au-buff.ogg Forms: buffer [comparative], more buff [comparative], buffest [superlative], most buff [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|buffle||buffalo}} Middle French buffle (“buffalo”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} buff (comparative buffer or more buff, superlative buffest or most buff)
  1. Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow. Translations (of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow): ruskeankeltainen (Finnish), chamois (French), mangaeka (Maori)
    Sense id: en-buff-en-adj-Gfc8-kt- Disambiguation of 'of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow': 100 0 0
  2. (originally bodybuilding, colloquial) Unusually muscular. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Bodybuilding Categories (lifeform): Bovines Synonyms: buffed, buffed out Translations (unusually muscular): нацепен (nacepen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), lihaksikas (Finnish), balèze (French), baraqué (French), muskulös (German), durchtrainiert (German), ムキムキ (mukimuki) (Japanese), bombado (Portuguese), papiado (Spanish), biffig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-buff-en-adj-OPY4G6ba Disambiguation of Bovines: 1 17 7 8 1 1 14 2 3 6 1 15 4 1 5 5 1 3 1 1 1 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 10 9 6 1 0 15 2 4 7 3 17 6 1 1 8 1 4 1 2 0 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 13 7 5 2 1 15 2 5 13 1 16 6 3 5 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 10 8 4 1 0 13 1 3 5 0 15 5 1 1 6 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 1 16 7 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 14 8 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 1 15 6 6 2 1 15 3 5 9 1 14 8 4 5 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 1 16 9 5 2 1 15 2 4 10 1 15 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 1 16 7 5 2 1 12 7 4 10 2 14 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 15 6 5 2 1 14 3 4 9 1 14 9 3 5 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 1 16 7 6 2 1 14 3 5 9 2 15 7 3 5 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 1 13 6 5 2 1 10 15 5 8 1 12 7 2 5 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 1 14 7 4 2 1 11 15 4 8 2 12 7 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 1 15 8 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 13 9 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 1 17 7 5 2 1 15 2 4 11 1 16 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 1 17 7 5 2 1 15 2 4 9 1 16 8 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 1 13 10 7 2 1 11 2 4 10 2 14 9 4 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 1 16 9 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 14 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 1 15 10 5 2 1 9 7 4 9 3 12 9 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 1 13 7 4 2 1 11 14 4 8 6 12 6 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 1 17 7 6 2 1 15 2 4 9 1 16 7 2 5 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 1 14 7 4 2 1 11 15 4 8 2 12 7 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 17 7 5 1 1 16 2 4 8 1 17 7 3 5 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 1 16 9 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 14 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 1 16 9 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 14 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of 'unusually muscular': 0 98 2
  3. (MLE slang) Physically attractive. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, slang Translations (physically attractive): alloga (Esperanto), attirant (French), attraktiv (German), gut aussehend (German), attraente (Italian), atraente (Portuguese), atrayente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-buff-en-adj-tNFx4z3S Categories (other): Multicultural London English, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 1 13 10 7 2 1 11 2 4 10 2 14 9 4 4 2 4 Disambiguation of 'physically attractive': 0 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: buff-tip moth, buffly, buffster
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bʌf/ Audio: en-au-buff.ogg Forms: buffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|buffle||buffalo}} Middle French buffle (“buffalo”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} buff (countable and uncountable, plural buffs)
  1. Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-buff-en-noun-Rmaxzab4
  2. A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-buff-en-noun-XFpb6aNT
  3. A brownish yellow colour. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a brownish yellow colour): ruskeankeltainen (Finnish), chamois (French), sárgásbarna (Hungarian), bungalan (Indonesian), دوه توكی (deve tüyü) (Ottoman Turkish), color del ante (Spanish), kyllerfärg [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-buff-en-noun-skUd-ImQ Disambiguation of 'a brownish yellow colour': 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  4. A military coat made of buff leather. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Bovines
    Sense id: en-buff-en-noun-b1XgOS1x Disambiguation of Bovines: 1 17 7 8 1 1 14 2 3 6 1 15 4 1 5 5 1 3 1 1 1 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 10 9 6 1 0 15 2 4 7 3 17 6 1 1 8 1 4 1 2 0 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 13 7 5 2 1 15 2 5 13 1 16 6 3 5 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 10 8 4 1 0 13 1 3 5 0 15 5 1 1 6 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 1 16 7 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 14 8 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 1 15 6 6 2 1 15 3 5 9 1 14 8 4 5 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 1 16 9 5 2 1 15 2 4 10 1 15 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 1 16 7 5 2 1 12 7 4 10 2 14 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 15 6 5 2 1 14 3 4 9 1 14 9 3 5 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 1 16 7 6 2 1 14 3 5 9 2 15 7 3 5 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 1 13 6 5 2 1 10 15 5 8 1 12 7 2 5 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 1 14 7 4 2 1 11 15 4 8 2 12 7 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 1 15 8 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 13 9 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 1 17 7 5 2 1 15 2 4 11 1 16 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 1 17 7 5 2 1 15 2 4 9 1 16 8 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 1 13 10 7 2 1 11 2 4 10 2 14 9 4 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 1 16 9 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 14 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 1 13 7 4 2 1 11 14 4 8 6 12 6 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 1 17 7 6 2 1 15 2 4 9 1 16 7 2 5 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 1 14 7 4 2 1 11 15 4 8 2 12 7 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 17 7 5 1 1 16 2 4 8 1 17 7 3 5 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 1 16 9 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 14 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 1 16 9 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 14 7 2 4 2 3
  5. (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Browns, People, Yellows Synonyms: enthusiast, aficionado, fan Translations (a person who is very interested in a particular subject): liefhebber (Dutch), friikki (Finnish), mordu [colloquial] (French), passionné [masculine] (French), aficionado [masculine] (French), Fan [masculine] (German), Enthusiast [masculine] (German), díograiseoir [masculine] (Irish), aficionado [masculine] (Spanish), fantast [common-gender] (Swedish), entusiast [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-buff-en-noun-jRjJ5-~6 Disambiguation of Browns: 6 5 5 3 2 7 5 11 3 7 0 4 6 3 3 4 6 3 2 6 1 6 Disambiguation of People: 0 15 3 0 0 0 0 42 3 2 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 3 2 7 0 14 Disambiguation of Yellows: 7 4 5 6 2 8 4 10 3 7 0 4 6 2 3 4 6 3 2 7 1 5 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 1 13 6 5 2 1 10 15 5 8 1 12 7 2 5 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 1 14 7 4 2 1 11 15 4 8 2 12 7 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 1 13 7 4 2 1 11 14 4 8 6 12 6 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 1 14 7 4 2 1 11 15 4 8 2 12 7 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of 'a person who is very interested in a particular subject': 0 1 0 1 91 2 1 1 1 3
  6. (video games, roleplaying games) An effect that makes a character or item stronger. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Role-playing games, Video games Synonyms: revamp
    Sense id: en-buff-en-noun-FqOm7Pb~ Topics: video-games
  7. (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-buff-en-noun-MVgssU7I Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 13 7 5 2 1 15 2 5 13 1 16 6 3 5 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 1 16 9 5 2 1 15 2 4 10 1 15 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 1 17 7 5 2 1 15 2 4 11 1 16 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 1 13 10 7 2 1 11 2 4 10 2 14 9 4 4 2 4 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
  8. (colloquial) The bare skin. Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-buff-en-noun-en:bare_skin Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  9. The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Bovines
    Sense id: en-buff-en-noun-4S2QTCmj Disambiguation of Bovines: 1 17 7 8 1 1 14 2 3 6 1 15 4 1 5 5 1 3 1 1 1 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 10 9 6 1 0 15 2 4 7 3 17 6 1 1 8 1 4 1 2 0 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 13 7 5 2 1 15 2 5 13 1 16 6 3 5 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 10 8 4 1 0 13 1 3 5 0 15 5 1 1 6 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 1 16 7 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 14 8 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 1 15 6 6 2 1 15 3 5 9 1 14 8 4 5 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 1 16 9 5 2 1 15 2 4 10 1 15 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 1 16 7 5 2 1 12 7 4 10 2 14 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 15 6 5 2 1 14 3 4 9 1 14 9 3 5 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 1 16 7 6 2 1 14 3 5 9 2 15 7 3 5 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 1 13 6 5 2 1 10 15 5 8 1 12 7 2 5 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 1 14 7 4 2 1 11 15 4 8 2 12 7 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 1 15 8 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 13 9 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 1 17 7 5 2 1 15 2 4 11 1 16 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 1 17 7 5 2 1 15 2 4 9 1 16 8 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 1 13 10 7 2 1 11 2 4 10 2 14 9 4 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 1 16 9 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 14 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 1 13 7 4 2 1 11 14 4 8 6 12 6 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 1 17 7 6 2 1 15 2 4 9 1 16 7 2 5 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 1 14 7 4 2 1 11 15 4 8 2 12 7 2 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 17 7 5 1 1 16 2 4 8 1 17 7 3 5 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 1 16 9 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 14 7 2 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 1 16 9 5 2 1 12 7 4 9 2 14 7 2 4 2 3
  10. Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-buff-en-noun-F5hagUWJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (in video games): bruñido [masculine] (Spanish), bruñimiento [masculine] (Spanish), bruñidura [feminine] (Spanish)
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: buff-bellied pipit, buff-breasted sandpiper, buff coat, buffery, buffhood, buffish, buffism, buff jerkin, buff nor stye, buff-tailed bumblebee, buffware, buffy, in the buff, iron buff, railbuff, railway buff Disambiguation of 'in video games': 7 1 0 23 4 16 9 2 27 9

Noun

IPA: /bʌf/ Audio: en-au-buff.ogg Forms: buffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: From Old French bufer (“to cuff, buffet”). See buffet (“a blow”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|bufer||to cuff, buffet}} Old French bufer (“to cuff, buffet”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} buff (plural buffs)
  1. (obsolete) A strike; a blow. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: blind man's buff, counterbuff
    Sense id: en-buff-en-noun-f3fM3oBO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rebuff
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /bʌf/ Audio: en-au-buff.ogg Forms: buffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: Clipping of buffalo. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|buffalo}} Clipping of buffalo Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} buff (countable and uncountable, plural buffs)
  1. (informal) A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-buff-en-noun-JBQxQ0Yj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: /bʌf/ Audio: en-au-buff.ogg Forms: buffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌf Head templates: {{en-noun}} buff (plural buffs)
  1. (uncommon) Alternative form of buffe (“face armor”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncommon Alternative form of: buffe (extra: face armor)
    Sense id: en-buff-en-noun-gyYaDOEg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Verb

IPA: /bʌf/ Audio: en-au-buff.ogg Forms: buffs [present, singular, third-person], buffing [participle, present], buffed [participle, past], buffed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|buffle||buffalo}} Middle French buffle (“buffalo”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} buff (third-person singular simple present buffs, present participle buffing, simple past and past participle buffed)
  1. To polish and make shiny by rubbing. Synonyms: wax, shine, polish, furbish, burnish Translations (to polish and make shiny): 擦亮 (cāliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 抛光 (pāoguāng) (Chinese Mandarin), oppoetsen (Dutch), kiillottaa (Finnish), polieren (German), whakakanapa (Maori), aumiri (Maori), полирова́ть (polirovátʹ) (Russian), vyleštiť vyblýskať (Slovak), bruñir (Spanish), polera (Swedish), полірува́ти (poliruváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-buff-en-verb-NxSzbKcI Disambiguation of 'to polish and make shiny': 91 5 2 2
  2. (video games, roleplaying games) To make a character or an item stronger. Categories (topical): Role-playing games, Video games Translations (to make something stronger): 增益 (zēngyì) (Chinese Mandarin), バフ (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-buff-en-verb-ZWjbmipa Topics: video-games Disambiguation of 'to make something stronger': 15 75 5 5
  3. (medical slang) To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
    Sense id: en-buff-en-verb-4tt3mfzG
  4. (graffiti slang) To remove a piece of graffiti by cleaning or removal, especially by someone who is not a graffiti writer. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-buff-en-verb-qGt3ILSp Topics: arts, graffiti, visual-arts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: buffable, buff down, buff out, buff the muffin, buff up, buff wheel, unbuffed, rebuff
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /bʌf/ Audio: en-au-buff.ogg Forms: buffs [present, singular, third-person], buffing [participle, present], buffed [participle, past], buffed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: From Old French bufer (“to cuff, buffet”). See buffet (“a blow”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|bufer||to cuff, buffet}} Old French bufer (“to cuff, buffet”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} buff (third-person singular simple present buffs, present participle buffing, simple past and past participle buffed)
  1. To strike.
    Sense id: en-buff-en-verb-QZpJS-e3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /bʌf/ Audio: en-au-buff.ogg Forms: buffs [present, singular, third-person], buffing [participle, present], buffed [participle, past], buffed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: From Middle English buffen (“to stutter, stammer”), from Old English byffan (“to mumble, mutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bubjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to fear, to be afraid”). More at bive (“tremble, shake”) and bever. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|buffen|t=to stutter, stammer}} Middle English buffen (“to stutter, stammer”), {{inh|en|ang|byffan|t=to mumble, mutter}} Old English byffan (“to mumble, mutter”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*bubjaną}} Proto-West Germanic *bubjaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰeyH-|t=to fear, to be afraid}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to fear, to be afraid”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} buff (third-person singular simple present buffs, present participle buffing, simple past and past participle buffed)
  1. (dialectal or obsolete) To stammer, stutter Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-buff-en-verb-mS4jzG0t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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      "word": "iron buff"
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