Buffalo (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural buf·fa·loes, buf·fa·los, (especially collectively) buf·fa·lo.
  1. any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae.
  2. buffalo robe.
  3. a buffalofish.
  4. a shuffling tap-dance step.
verb (used with object), buf·fa·loed, buf·fa·lo·ing.Informal.
  1. to puzzle or baffle; confuse; mystify: He was buffaloed by the problem.
  2. to impress or intimidate by a display of power, importance, etc.: The older boys buffaloed him.
noun
  1. a port in W New York, on Lake Erie.
noun plural -loes or -lo
  1. a member of the cattle tribe, Syncerus caffer, mostly found in game reserves in southern and eastern Africa and having upward-curving horns
  2. short for water buffalo
  3. a member of the cattle tribe, Bison bison, formerly widely distributed over the prairies of W North America but now confined to reserves and parks, with a massive head, shaggy forequarters, and a humped back
verb (tr) US and Canadian informal
  1. to confuse
  2. to intimidate
noun
  1. a port in W New York State, at the E end of Lake Erie. Pop: 285 018 (2003 est)
Buffalo (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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