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- [buhf-uh-loh]
- /ˈbʌf əˌloʊ/
- /ˈbʌf.ə.ləʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [buhf-uh-loh]
- /ˈbʌf əˌloʊ/
Definitions of buffalo word
- 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
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Origin of buffalo
First appearance:
before 1535 One of the 29% oldest English words
1535-45, Americanism; earlier bufalo < Portuguese (now bufaro) < Late Latin būfalus, variant of Latin būbalus bubal
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Parts of speech for Buffalo
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
buffalo popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
buffalo usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for buffalo
verb buffalo
- mystify — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- stump — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- dumbfound — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
- bewilder — If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
- faze — to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.
noun buffalo
- hog — a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- horse — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- pig — an earthenware crock, pot, pitcher, or jar.
- swine — any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products. Compare hog, pig1 , wild boar.
- cattle — Cattle are cows and bulls.
Antonyms for buffalo
verb buffalo
- comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- abet — If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression 'aid and abet'.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
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