Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
- 3noun
A military coat, made of buff leather.
- 4noun
The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
- 5adjective
A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
- 6adjective
The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
- 7adjective
Made of buff leather.
- 8adjective
Of the color of buff.
- 9transitive verb
To polish with a buff. See Buff., 5.
- 10transitive verb
To strike.
- 11noun
A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."
- 12adjective
Firm; sturdy.
- 13noun
an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
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- 14noun
a medium to dark tan color
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- 15noun
bare skin; naked
"swimming in the buff"
- 16noun
an ardent follower and admirer
- 17noun
a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
- 18verb
polish and make shiny
"buff the wooden floors"
"buff my shoes"
- 19verb
strike, beat repeatedly
"The wind buffeted him"
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- 20adjective
of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
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