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in the buff
buff 1 B0531700 (bŭf)n.1. A soft, thick, undyed leather made chiefly from the skins of buffalo, elk, or oxen.2. A military uniform coat made of such leather.3. A pale, light, or moderate yellowish pink to yellow, including moderate orange-yellow to light yellowish brown.4. A piece of soft material, such as velvet or leather, often mounted on a block and used for polishing.adj.1. Made or formed of buff: a buff jacket.2. Of the color buff.3. buff·er, buff·est Slang Having good muscle tone; physically fit and trim: buff athletes lifting weights at the gym.tr.v. buffed, buff·ing, buffs 1. To polish or shine with a piece of soft material.2. To soften the surface of (leather) by raising a nap.3. To make the color of buff.Idiom: in the buff Naked.
[From obsolete buffle, buffalo, from French buffle, from Late Latin būfalus; see buffalo.]
buff 2 B0531700 (bŭf)n. Informal One who is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a subject: a Civil War buff.
[From the buff-colored uniform worn by New York volunteer firemen in the 19th century, originally applied to an enthusiast of fires and firefighting.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  in the buff - (used informally) completely unclothedbare-ass, bare-assed, in the altogether, in the raw, naked as a jaybird, peeled, stark naked, rawcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechunclothed - not wearing clothing |
in the buff
in the buffslang Naked. I keep having the dream where I walk into my high school in the buff!See also: buffin the buff naked. informal The original meaning of buff in English was ‘buffalo’, and it later came to mean ‘ox hide’ or ‘the colour of ox hide’. In the buff itself comes from buff leather, a type of yellowish-beige ox hide formerly used in military uniform, the colour of which was regarded as comparable to that of human skin.See also: buffin the ˈbuff (informal) wearing no clothes: I’m sure I saw him swimming in the buff!See also: buffin the buff mod. naked. You can save hundreds of dollars in a lifetime by not buying pajamas and sleeping in the buff instead. See also: buff in the buff Naked.See also: buffin the buff
Synonyms for in the buffadj (used informally) completely unclothedSynonyms- bare-ass
- bare-assed
- in the altogether
- in the raw
- naked as a jaybird
- peeled
- stark naked
- raw
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