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单词 buffalo
释义

buffalo

1 of 2

noun

buf·​fa·​lo ˈbə-fə-ˌlō How to pronounce buffalo (audio)
plural buffalo or buffaloes also buffalos
often attributive
1
: any of several wild bovids: such as
a
: water buffalo
b
: cape buffalo
c(1)
: bison
especially : a large North American bison (Bison bison) that has a dense coat of dark brown fur with a shaggy mane on the head and lower neck, short hollow horns, and heavy forequarters with a large muscular hump over the shoulders and that formerly was abundant in North America but is now reduced to small populations of plains and prairies chiefly of the central U.S. and Canada : american bison compare european bison
(2)
: the flesh of the buffalo used as food
2
: any of several suckers (genus Ictiobus) found mostly in the Mississippi River valley

called also buffalo fish

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buffalo

2 of 2

verb

buffaloed; buffaloing

transitive verb

: bewilder, baffle
also : bamboozle

Synonyms

Verb

  • bamboozle
  • beguile
  • bluff
  • burn
  • catch
  • con
  • cozen
  • deceive
  • delude
  • dupe
  • fake out
  • fool
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • gull
  • have
  • have on [chiefly British]
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • juggle
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • string along
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • take in
  • trick
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Example Sentences

Verb I'm not some newcomer that you can buffalo with that nonsense. in this debate I refuse to be buffaloed by a flurry of irrelevant issues
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Now the Eastern Shoshone have 65 buffalo and the Northern Arapaho 32. David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022 An American buffalo is on the loose, casually roaming around Chicago's suburbs looking for a new home. Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2021 In 2016, Canada allowed 100 buffalo to be returned to the Blackfeet Reservation. Michelle Miller, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2021 An effort to bring wild buffalo to the Great Plains aims to restore one of the world’s most endangered landscapes and increase climate resilience. Louise Johns, Wired, 12 June 2021 Others have a Columbian buffalo mozzarella that Frankel likes. Michael Russell, oregonlive, 16 Oct. 2020 Jaguars, sloths, tapirs, horses, coyotes, buffalo, rabbits, and squirrels up and down the North American continent are now spared from screwworms too. Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 May 2020 Make that the big ten—lion, my face, leopard, my face, rhino, my face, elephant, my face, buffalo, my face. Colin Nissan, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2019 Today, a lot of paneer in India is made with a mix of buffalo and less-expensive cow’s milk. Leena Trivedi-grenier, SFChronicle.com, 15 May 2020
Verb
Eva has the senior management in our company completely buffaloed. Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2020 How far must buffalo roam to fulfill their ecological role? National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Italian bufalo & Spanish búfalo, from Late Latin bufalus, alteration of Latin bubalus, from Greek boubalos African gazelle

First Known Use

Noun

1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1891, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

buffalo

noun

buf·​fa·​lo ˈbə-fə-ˌlō How to pronounce buffalo (audio)
plural buffalo or buffaloes
: any of several wild oxen and especially the American bison

Geographical Definition

Buffalo

geographical name

Buf·​fa·​lo ˈbə-fə-ˌlō How to pronounce Buffalo (audio)
city and port on Lake Erie and the Niagara River in western New York population 261,310
Buffalonian
ˌbə-fə-ˈlō-nē-ən How to pronounce Buffalo (audio)
noun

buffalo

verb

1
as in to fool
to cause to believe what is untrue I'm not some newcomer that you can buffalo with that nonsense

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • fool
  • trick
  • deceive
  • kid
  • sucker
  • snow
  • gull
  • bluff
  • gammon
  • suck in
  • tease
  • string along
  • humbug
  • con
  • mislead
  • dupe
  • hoax
  • have on
  • sting
  • fake out
  • gaff
  • catch
  • pull one's leg
  • pull the wool over one's eyes
  • juggle
  • delude
  • lead one up the garden path
  • burn
  • hornswoggle
  • lead one down the garden path
  • snooker
  • hoodwink
  • have
  • misinform
  • bamboozle
  • spoof
  • cheat
  • misguide
  • skin
  • take in
  • stick
  • fleece
  • cozen
  • beguile
  • do a number on
  • euchre
  • rook
  • swindle
  • put on
  • hustle
  • bleed
  • flimflam
  • chisel
  • mulct
  • shortchange
  • diddle
  • defraud
  • squeeze

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • undeceive
  • expose
  • show up
  • reveal
  • tell
  • divulge
  • uncover
  • unmask
  • debunk
  • disclose
  • disillusion
  • unveil
  • uncloak
  • disabuse
  • disenchant
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2
as in to puzzle
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty in this debate I refuse to be buffaloed by a flurry of irrelevant issues

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • puzzle
  • baffle
  • fox
  • confuse
  • bewilder
  • perplex
  • gravel
  • rattle
  • muddy
  • pose
  • stun
  • maze
  • embarrass
  • muddle
  • vex
  • bother
  • mystify
  • addle
  • blow one's mind
  • disturb
  • fluster
  • upset
  • bamboozle
  • fuddle
  • befuddle
  • get
  • bemuse
  • discombobulate
  • beat
  • confound
  • stump
  • disorient
  • befog
  • stick
  • go to one's head
  • flummox
  • snow
  • distress
  • discomfort
  • gull
  • unsettle
  • weird out
  • fool
  • abash
  • disquiet
  • faze
  • mortify
  • agitate
  • chagrin
  • dismay
  • string along
  • trick
  • discomfit
  • nonplus
  • deceive
  • humbug
  • discompose
  • discountenance
  • hoax
  • dupe
  • mislead
  • disconcert
  • unhinge
  • delude
  • perturb
  • misguide
  • hoodwink
  • take in
  • cozen
  • beguile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • satisfy
  • assure
  • inform
  • reassure
  • enlighten
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