ALL meanings of buffalo
buf·fa·lo
B b - countable noun buffalo A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa. 3
- countable noun buffalo A buffalo is the same as a water buffalo. 3
- countable noun buffalo A buffalo is the same as a bison. 3
- noun buffalo a member of the cattle tribe, Syncerus caffer, mostly found in game reserves in southern and eastern Africa and having upward-curving horns 3
- noun buffalo 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 3
- verb buffalo to confuse 3
- verb buffalo to intimidate 3
- noun buffalo a port in W New York State, at the E end of Lake Erie. Pop: 285 018 (2003 est) 3
- noun buffalo city in W N.Y., on Lake Erie & the Niagara River: pop. 293,000 3
- noun buffalo any of various wild oxen, sometimes domesticated, as the water buffalo of India or Cape buffalo of Africa 3
- noun buffalo the American bison 3
- noun buffalo a robe made of buffalo skin 3
- noun buffalo buffalo fish 3
- verb transitive buffalo to baffle, bewilder, bluff, or overawe 3
- noun buffalo American bison 1
- noun buffalo Asian water buffalo 1
- noun plural buffalo any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo. 1
- noun plural buffalo buffalo robe. 1
- noun plural buffalo a buffalofish. 1
- noun plural buffalo a shuffling tap-dance step. 1
- verb with object buffalo to puzzle or baffle; confuse; mystify: He was buffaloed by the problem. 1
- verb with object buffalo to impress or intimidate by a display of power, importance, etc.: The older boys buffaloed him. 1
- noun buffalo a port in W New York, on Lake Erie. 1
- noun buffalo Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis. 0
- noun buffalo A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison. 0
- noun buffalo A buffalo robe. 0
- noun buffalo The buffalo fish. 0
- verb buffalo (Transitive Verb) To hunt buffalo. 0
- verb buffalo (Transitive Verb) (US, slang) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate. 0
- verb buffalo (Transitive Verb) (archaic) To pistol-whip. 0