Definition of Buff

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
  • (n.) A military coat, made of buff leather.
  • (n.) The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
  • (a.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
  • (a.) The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
  • (a.) Made of buff leather.
  • (a.) Of the color of buff.
  • (v. t.) To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
  • (v. t.) To strike.
  • (n.) A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase \"Blindman's buff.\"
  • (a.) Firm; sturdy.

Antonyms of Buff


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