buff
Plural: buffs
Noun
- an ardent follower and admirer
- a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
- bare skin; naked
- "swimming in the buff"
- a medium to dark tan color
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- 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.
- A military coat made of buff leather.
- A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
- An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
- Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
- The bare skin.
- The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
- Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
- A strike; a blow.
- A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
- Alternative form of buffe (“face armor”).
Verb
Verb Forms: buffed, buffing, buffs
- To polish or shine by rubbing.
- strike, beat repeatedly
- "The wind buffeted him"
- polish and make shiny
- "buff the wooden floors"
- "buff my shoes"
- To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
- To make a character or an item stronger.
- To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
- To remove graffiti, particularly by someone who is not a graffiti writer.
- To strike.
- To stammer, stutter
Adjective Satellite
- of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
Adj
- Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
- Unusually muscular.
- Physically attractive.
Examples
- After a good BUFF with a cloth, the Scrabble tiles almost glowed.
- He was already buffing the car's hubs.
- He’s a real history buff. He knows everything there is to know about the civil war.
- I just picked up an epic damage buff! Let's go gank the other team!
- I noticed that the pistols were buffed in the update.
- The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.
- The enchanter buffed the paladin to prepare him to fight the dragon.
- to strip to the buff
Origin / Etymology
From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”).
Synonyms
buffer, buffet, burnish, caramel, caramel brown, devotee, fan, furbish, lover, raw sienna, yellowish brown, admirer, aficionado, buff, buffed, buffed out, connoisseur, enthusiast, fanatic, fancier, fancy, fiend, freak, geek, junkie, maniac, partisan, polish, revamp, rooter, shine, wax, zealot
Scrabble Score: 12
buff: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbuff: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
buff: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary