buff

buff is a 4-letter English word with 20 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner.
2. noun. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
3. noun. A military coat, made of buff leather.
4. noun. The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
5. adjective. A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
6. adjective. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
7. adjective. Made of buff leather.
8. adjective. Of the color of buff.
9. transitive verb. To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
10. transitive verb. To strike.
11. noun. A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."
12. adjective. Firm; sturdy.
13. noun. an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)

    Synonyms: buffer

14. noun. a medium to dark tan color

    Synonyms: caramel

15. noun. bare skin; naked

    "swimming in the buff"

16. noun. an ardent follower and admirer

    Synonyms: devotee, fan, lover

17. noun. a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
18. verb. polish and make shiny

    "buff the wooden floors"

    "buff my shoes"

    Synonyms: burnish, furbish

19. verb. strike, beat repeatedly

    "The wind buffeted him"

    Synonyms: buffet

20. adjective. of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather

Synonyms

buffer, caramel, devotee, fan, lover, burnish, furbish, buffet

Common word forms

buffs, buffed, buffer, buffest, buffing, buffable

Words from these letters

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