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Definitions for Buffalo

[1] any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
[2] buffalo robe.
[3] a buffalofish.
[4] a shuffling tap-dance step.
[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.
[7] a port in W New York, on Lake Erie.
[8] Also called: Cape buffalo a member of the cattle tribe, Syncerus caffer , mostly found in game reserves in southern and eastern Africa and having upward-curving horns
[9] short for water buffalo
[10] Also called: bison US and Canadian a member of the cattle tribe, Bison bison , formerly widely distributed over the prairies of W North America but now confined to reserves and parks, with a massive head, shaggy forequarters, and a humped back Related adjective: bubaline
[11] (often passive) to confuse
[12] to intimidate
[13] a port in W New York State, at the E end of Lake Erie. Pop: 285 018 (2003 est)

Words related to Buffalo

thrill, faze, excite, touch, affect, awe, sway, inspire, dismay, dishearten, constrain, bully, subdue, alarm, appall, coerce, daunt, scare, terrify, terrorize

Words nearby Buffalo

buff stick, buff top, buff wheel, buff-tip moth, buffa, buffalo, buffalo berry, buffalo bill, buffalo bird, buffalo carpet beetle, buffalo chips

Origin of Buffalo

1535–45, Americanism ; earlier bufalo < Portuguese (now bufaro ) < Late Latin būfalus, variant of Latin būbalus bubal

Word origin for Buffalo

C16: from Italian bufalo , from Late Latin būfalus , alteration of Latin būbalus ; see bubal

Synonyms for Buffalo

camel, cattle, cow, deer, elephant, giraffe, hippopotamus, hog, horse, llama, pig, rhinoceros, swine, tapir