buffalo

1 of 2

noun

buf·fa·lo ˈbə-fə-ˌlō How to pronounce buffalo (audio)

plural buffalo or buffaloes also buffalos

often attributive

: any of several wild bovids: such as

: water buffalo

: cape buffalo

c(1)

: bison

especially : a large North American bison (Bison bison) that has a dense coat of dark brown fur with a shaggy mane on the head and lower neck, short hollow horns, and heavy forequarters with a large muscular hump over the shoulders and that formerly was abundant in North America but is now reduced to small populations of plains and prairies chiefly of the central U.S. and Canada : american bison compare european bison

(2)

: the flesh of the buffalo used as food

: any of several suckers (genus Ictiobus) found mostly in the Mississippi River valley

called also buffalo fish

buffalo

2 of 2

verb

buffaloed; buffaloing

transitive verb

: bewilder, baffle

also : bamboozle

Example Sentences

Verb I'm not some newcomer that you can buffalo with that nonsense. in this debate I refuse to be buffaloed by a flurry of irrelevant issues

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Now the Eastern Shoshone have 65 buffalo and the Northern Arapaho 32.

David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022 An American buffalo is on the loose, casually roaming around Chicago's suburbs looking for a new home.

Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2021 In 2016, Canada allowed 100 buffalo to be returned to the Blackfeet Reservation.

Michelle Miller, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2021 An effort to bring wild buffalo to the Great Plains aims to restore one of the world’s most endangered landscapes and increase climate resilience.

Louise Johns, Wired, 12 June 2021 Others have a Columbian buffalo mozzarella that Frankel likes.

Michael Russell, oregonlive, 16 Oct. 2020 Jaguars, sloths, tapirs, horses, coyotes, buffalo, rabbits, and squirrels up and down the North American continent are now spared from screwworms too.

Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 May 2020 Make that the big ten—lion, my face, leopard, my face, rhino, my face, elephant, my face, buffalo, my face.

Colin Nissan, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2019 Today, a lot of paneer in India is made with a mix of buffalo and less-expensive cow’s milk.

Leena Trivedi-grenier, SFChronicle.com, 15 May 2020

Verb

Eva has the senior management in our company completely buffaloed.

Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2020 How far must buffalo roam to fulfill their ecological role?

National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2020 See More

buffalo

verb

as in to fool

to cause to believe what is untrue I'm not some newcomer that you can buffalo with that nonsense

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

fool
trick
deceive
kid
sucker
snow
gull
bluff
gammon
suck in
tease
string along
humbug
con
mislead
dupe
hoax
have on
sting
fake out
gaff
catch
pull one's leg
pull the wool over one's eyes
juggle
delude
lead one up the garden path
burn
hornswoggle
lead one down the garden path
snooker
hoodwink
have
misinform
bamboozle
spoof
cheat
misguide
skin
take in
stick
fleece
cozen
beguile
do a number on
euchre
rook
swindle
put on
hustle
bleed
flimflam
chisel
mulct
shortchange
diddle
defraud
squeeze

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

undeceive
expose
show up
reveal
tell
divulge
uncover
unmask
debunk
disclose
disillusion
unveil
uncloak
disabuse
disenchant

as in to puzzle

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty in this debate I refuse to be buffaloed by a flurry of irrelevant issues

Synonyms & Similar Words

puzzle
baffle
fox
confuse
bewilder
perplex
gravel
rattle
muddy
pose
stun
maze
embarrass
muddle
vex
bother
mystify
addle
blow one's mind
disturb
fluster
upset
bamboozle
fuddle
befuddle
get
bemuse
discombobulate
beat
confound
stump
disorient
befog
stick
go to one's head
flummox
snow
distress
discomfort
gull
unsettle
weird out
fool
abash
disquiet
faze
mortify
agitate
chagrin
dismay
string along
trick
discomfit
nonplus
deceive
humbug
discompose
discountenance
hoax
dupe
mislead
disconcert
unhinge
delude
perturb
misguide
hoodwink
take in
cozen
beguile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

satisfy
assure
inform
reassure
enlighten

单词	buffalo
释义	buffalo 1 of 2 noun buf·fa·lo ˈbə-fə-ˌlō plural buffalo or buffaloes also buffalos often attributive 1 : any of several wild bovids: such as a : water buffalo b : cape buffalo c(1) : bison especially : a large North American bison (Bison bison) that has a dense coat of dark brown fur with a shaggy mane on the head and lower neck, short hollow horns, and heavy forequarters with a large muscular hump over the shoulders and that formerly was abundant in North America but is now reduced to small populations of plains and prairies chiefly of the central U.S. and Canada : american bison compare european bison (2) : the flesh of the buffalo used as food 2 : any of several suckers (genus Ictiobus) found mostly in the Mississippi River valley called also buffalo fish Illustration of buffalo buffalo 1c(1) buffalo 2 of 2 verb buffaloed; buffaloing transitive verb : bewilder, baffle also : bamboozle Synonyms Verb bamboozle beguile bluff burn catch con cozen deceive delude dupe fake out fool gaff gammon gull have have on [chiefly British] hoax hoodwink hornswoggle humbug juggle misguide misinform mislead snooker snow spoof string along suck in sucker take in trick See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb I'm not some newcomer that you can buffalo with that nonsense. in this debate I refuse to be buffaloed by a flurry of irrelevant issues Recent Examples on the Web Noun Now the Eastern Shoshone have 65 buffalo and the Northern Arapaho 32. David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022 An American buffalo is on the loose, casually roaming around Chicago's suburbs looking for a new home. Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2021 In 2016, Canada allowed 100 buffalo to be returned to the Blackfeet Reservation. Michelle Miller, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2021 An effort to bring wild buffalo to the Great Plains aims to restore one of the world’s most endangered landscapes and increase climate resilience. Louise Johns, Wired, 12 June 2021 Others have a Columbian buffalo mozzarella that Frankel likes. Michael Russell, oregonlive, 16 Oct. 2020 Jaguars, sloths, tapirs, horses, coyotes, buffalo, rabbits, and squirrels up and down the North American continent are now spared from screwworms too. Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 May 2020 Make that the big ten—lion, my face, leopard, my face, rhino, my face, elephant, my face, buffalo, my face. Colin Nissan, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2019 Today, a lot of paneer in India is made with a mix of buffalo and less-expensive cow’s milk. Leena Trivedi-grenier, SFChronicle.com, 15 May 2020 Verb Eva has the senior management in our company completely buffaloed. Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2020 How far must buffalo roam to fulfill their ecological role? National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Noun Italian bufalo & Spanish búfalo, from Late Latin bufalus, alteration of Latin bubalus, from Greek boubalos African gazelle First Known Use Noun 1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 1891, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing buffalo buffalo berry buffalo soldier buffalo plaid buffalo wing Cape buffalo water buffalo African buffalo buffalo grass buffalo gourd buffalo berry buffalo soldier buffalo plaid buffalo wing Cape buffalo water buffalo African buffalo buffalo grass buffalo gourd See More Kids Definition buffalo noun buf·fa·lo ˈbə-fə-ˌlō plural buffalo or buffaloes : any of several wild oxen and especially the American bison Geographical Definition Buffalo geographical name Buf·fa·lo ˈbə-fə-ˌlō city and port on Lake Erie and the Niagara River in western New York population 261,310 Buffalonian ˌbə-fə-ˈlō-nē-ən noun buffalo verb 1 as in to fool to cause to believe what is untrue I'm not some newcomer that you can buffalo with that nonsense Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance fool trick deceive kid sucker snow gull bluff gammon suck in tease string along humbug con mislead dupe hoax have on sting fake out gaff catch pull one's leg pull the wool over one's eyes juggle delude lead one up the garden path burn hornswoggle lead one down the garden path snooker hoodwink have misinform bamboozle spoof cheat misguide skin take in stick fleece cozen beguile do a number on euchre rook swindle put on hustle bleed flimflam chisel mulct shortchange diddle defraud squeeze Antonyms & Near Antonyms undeceive expose show up reveal tell divulge uncover unmask debunk disclose disillusion unveil uncloak disabuse disenchant See More 2 as in to puzzle to throw into a state of mental uncertainty in this debate I refuse to be buffaloed by a flurry of irrelevant issues Synonyms & Similar Words puzzle baffle fox confuse bewilder perplex gravel rattle muddy pose stun maze embarrass muddle vex bother mystify addle blow one's mind disturb fluster upset bamboozle fuddle befuddle get bemuse discombobulate beat confound stump disorient befog stick go to one's head flummox snow distress discomfort gull unsettle weird out fool abash disquiet faze mortify agitate chagrin dismay string along trick discomfit nonplus deceive humbug discompose discountenance hoax dupe mislead disconcert unhinge delude perturb misguide hoodwink take in cozen beguile Antonyms & Near Antonyms satisfy assure inform reassure enlighten
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