Dictionary Definition
buff adj : of the color of buff leather
Noun
2 a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of
e.g. buffalo or oxen
3 bare skin; "swimming in the buff"
5 an implement consisting of soft material
mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) [syn:
buffer]
Verb
1 strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted
him" [syn: buffet]
User Contributed Dictionary
see BUFF
English
Etymology
From buffe, from buffle.Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌf
Noun
- Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
- A brownish yellow colour.
- buff colour:
- A military coat made of buff leather.
- A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
- He’s a history buff.
- An effect that makes a gaming character stronger.
Derived terms
Translations
A brownish yellow colour
- Finnish: ruskeankeltainen
- French: chamois
Adjective
- Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
- : Unusually muscular. (also buffed)
- attractive.
Derived terms
Translations
Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow
- Finnish: ruskeankeltainen
- French: chamois
Unusually muscular
- Finnish: lihaksikas
Good looking
Verb
Derived terms
Translations
To polish and make shiny
- Finnish: kiillottaa
- German: polieren
See also
Extensive Definition
Buff or BUFF may refer to:
- An acronym for Big Ugly Fat Fuck, an endearing nickname for the B-52 Stratofortress.
- Domestic buffalo, buff meat
- Buff (colour), a pale yellow-brown colour
- Buff (headgear), an article of clothing
- Buff (computer gaming) is a generic term for beneficial effects (often spells) in some computer games
- Buff (superheroine), a Marvel Comics character from Generation X
- Buffy Summers, title character from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series
- Buffing, the process of smoothing and polishing metals and alloys
- "In the buff", a euphemism for nudity
- Buff, a slang term for a physically fit, muscular build
- Buff, a term for a person who is very interested in a particular subject.
- BUFF, a film festival in Malmö
- Buff Bagwell, or Marcus Alexander Bagwell, a professional wrestler
- The Orpington breed of chicken, the most common variety of which is the Buff Orpington
See also
- Buffs
- Kien Tran
buff in German: Buff
buff in Polish: Buff
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Leatherette, Leatheroid, Maecenas, abettor, adherent, admirer, advocate, aficionado, amateur, angel, apologist, appendage, applauder, appreciator, attendant, attender, audience, aureate, auric, authority, backer, bareness, beige, birthday suit, booster, buff-yellow, bug, burnish, canary, canary-yellow, cavaliere
servente, champion,
citron, citron-yellow,
claqueur, coat, collector, commender, connoisseur, courtier, crank, cream, creamy, critic, cuticle, dangler, decollete, defender, dependence, dependent, dermis, devotee, dilettante, disciple, dress, ecdysiast, ecru, encomiast, encourager, endorser, energumen, enthusiast, eulogist, eulogizer, expert, exponent, extoller, fallow, fan, fanatic, fanatico, fancier, favorer, fell, finish, flaxen, fleece, flesh, flunky, follower, following, freak, frequenter, friend at court,
fur, furbish, furring, gilded, gilt, glance, glaze, gloss, gold, gold-colored, golden, groupie, gymnosophist, gymnosophy, habitue, hanger-on, haunter, henchman, hide, homme de cour, hound, idolater, idolizer, imitation fur,
imitation leather, infatuate, integument, jacket, lauder, leather, leather paper, leathern, leathery, lemon, lemon-yellow, lover, lunatic fringe, luster, luteolous, lutescent, mainstay, maintainer, monomaniac, nakedness, naturism, naturist, not a stitch,
nudism, nudist, nudity, nut, ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous, ochry, or, outer layer, outer skin, panegyrist, paranymph, parasite, partisan, patron, pelt, peltry, plugger, polish, praiser, primrose, primrose-colored,
primrose-yellow, promoter, protagonist, public, puffer, pundit, pursuer, pursuivant, rawhide, reliance, rind, rooter, rub, rub up, saffron, saffron-colored,
saffron-yellow, sallow,
sand, sand-colored,
sandblast, sandpaper, sandy, satellite, savant, scholar, scour, second, seconder, sectary, shadow, sheath, shine, sider, skin, skins, sleek, slick, slick down, smooth, specialist, spectator, sponsor, stalwart, standby, state of nature,
stooge, straw, straw-colored, stripper, stripteaser, successor, support, supporter, sustainer, sympathizer, tagtail, tail, technical expert, technician, tegument, the altogether, the
nude, the raw, theatergoer, toplessness, tout, touter, trainbearer, upholder, vair, varnish, visitor, votary, ward heeler, wax, well-wisher, worshiper, xanthic, xanthous, yellow, yellowish, zealot