"buffle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbʌfəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-buffle.wav Forms: buffles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌfəl Etymology: From Middle French buffle. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|buffle}} Middle French buffle Head templates: {{en-noun}} buffle (plural buffles)
  1. (obsolete) A buffalo. Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Bovines Derived forms: bufflehead, buffle-headed
    Sense id: en-buffle-en-noun-cyzv5Www Disambiguation of Bovines: 57 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈbʌfəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-buffle.wav Forms: buffles [present, singular, third-person], buffling [participle, present], buffled [participle, past], buffled [past]
Rhymes: -ʌfəl Head templates: {{en-verb}} buffle (third-person singular simple present buffles, present participle buffling, simple past and past participle buffled)
  1. (intransitive) To puzzle; to baffle. Tags: intransitive Related terms: baffle
    Sense id: en-buffle-en-verb-EN~Gxvi0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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