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22 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. buff
  2. buff-backed heron
  3. buff-bare
  4. buff-breasted sandpiper
  5. buff jerkin
  6. buff leather
  7. buff nor stye
  8. buff stick
  9. buff stop
  10. buff-tip
  11. buff top
  12. blindman's buff
  13. capucine buff
  14. cartridge buff
  15. colonial buff
  16. cream buff
  17. deep buff
  18. india buff
  19. iron buff
  20. machine buff
  21. tilleul buff
  22. U.S. Army buff

1buff

noun \ˈbəf\

Definition of BUFF

1
: a garment (as a uniform) made of buff leather
2
: the state of being nude <sunbathing in the buff>
3
a : a moderate orange yellow
b : a light to moderate yellow
4
: a device having a soft absorbent surface (as of cloth) by which polishing material is applied
5
[earlier buff an enthusiast about going to fires; perhaps from the buff overcoats worn by volunteer firefighters in New York City ab 1820] : fan, enthusiast
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Examples of BUFF

  1. <he's such a film buff that he owns over 3,000 movies>
  2. <protected by a fully enclosed backyard, the couple would frequently sunbathe in the buff>

Origin of BUFF

Middle French buffle wild ox, from Old Italian bufalo
First Known Use: 1570

Related to BUFF

Synonyms
addict, aficionado (also afficionado), fan, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, fancier, fiend, fool, freak, habitué (also habitue), head, hound, junkie (also junky), lover, maniac, maven (also mavin), nut, sucker
Antonyms
nonfan

Other Color Terms

argentine, cerise, cerulean, cyan, ocher, perse, puce, taupe, vermilion

Rhymes with BUFF

bluff, chough, chuff, cuff, duff, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, luff, muff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, slough, snuff, sough, stuff, tough, tuff

2buff

adjective

Definition of BUFF

1
: of the color buff
2
or buffed : having a physique enhanced by bodybuilding exercises
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Examples of BUFF

  1. He's at the gym every day trying to get buff.
  2. the buff body of an athlete

First Known Use of BUFF

1746

Other Color Terms

argentine, cerise, cerulean, cyan, ocher, perse, puce, taupe, vermilion

3buff

transitive verb

Definition of BUFF

1
: polish, shine <waxed and buffed the floor>
2
: to give a velvety surface to (leather)

Examples of BUFF

  1. The floors are waxed and buffed every year.
  2. She is going to the salon to get her nails buffed.

First Known Use of BUFF

1838

Related to BUFF

Synonyms
grind, file, hone, rasp, rub, sand

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