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buf·fa·lo
[buhf-uh-loh] noun, plural -loes, -los, (especially collectively
) -lo, verb, -loed, -lo·ing. noun
1.
any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
3.
a buffalofish.
4.
a shuffling tap-dance step.
verb (used with object) Informal.
5.
to puzzle or baffle; confuse; mystify: He was buffaloed by the problem.
6.
to impress or intimidate by a display of power, importance, etc.: The older boys buffaloed him.
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Buffaloed
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1535–45, Americanism; earlier bufalo < Portuguese (now bufaro) < Late Latin būfalus, variant of Latin būbalus bubal
1535–45, Americanism; earlier bufalo < Portuguese (now bufaro) < Late Latin būfalus, variant of Latin būbalus bubal
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Word Origin & History
Buffalo
city in western New York state, U.S., of disputed origin (there never were buffalo thereabouts), perhaps from the name of a native chief, or a corruption of Fr. beau fleuve "beautiful river." Buffalo wings finger food so called because the recipe was invented in Buffalo, N.Y., (1964, at Frank & Teressa's
EXPANDAnchor Bar on Main Street).
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Cultural Dictionary
Buffalo definition
City in western New York, on Lake Erie and the Niagara River.
Note: Niagara Falls is northwest of Buffalo.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Slang Dictionary
buffaloed definition[ˈbəfəlod]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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