"buffle" meaning in English

See buffle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbʌfəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-buffle.wav Forms: buffles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌfəl Etymology: From Middle French buffle. Doublet of bubale and buffalo. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|buffle}} Middle French buffle, {{doublet|en|bubale|buffalo}} Doublet of bubale and buffalo 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: 45 55
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 Categories (lifeform): Bovines Related terms: baffle
    Sense id: en-buffle-en-verb-EN~Gxvi0 Disambiguation of Bovines: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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