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Definitions for Buffer

[1] an apparatus at the end of a railroad car, railroad track, etc., for absorbing shock during coupling, collisions, etc.
[2] any device, material, or apparatus used as a shield, cushion, or bumper, especially on machinery.
[3] any intermediate or intervening shield or device reducing the danger of interaction between two machines, chemicals, electronic components, etc.
[4] a person or thing that shields and protects against annoyance, harm, hostile forces, etc., or that lessens the impact of a shock or reversal.
[5] any reserve moneys, negotiable securities, legal procedures, etc., that protect a person, organization, or country against financial ruin.
[6] buffer state.
[7] Ecology . an animal population that becomes the prey of a predator that usually feeds on a different species.
[8] Computers . a storage device for temporarily holding data until the computer is ready to receive or process the data, as when a receiving unit has an operating speed lower than that of the unit feeding data to it.
[9] Electronics . a circuit with a single output activated by one or more of several inputs.
[10] Chemistry . any substance or mixture of compounds that, added to a solution, is capable of neutralizing both acids and bases without appreciably changing the original acidity or alkalinity of the solution. Also called buffer solution. a solution containing such a substance.
[11] Chemistry . to treat with a buffer.
[12] to cushion, shield, or protect.
[13] to lessen the adverse effect of; ease: The drug buffered his pain.
[14] a device for polishing or buffing, as a buff stick or buff wheel.
[15] a worker who uses such a device.
[16] a foolish or incompetent person.
[17] a fellow; man.
[18] a chief boatswain's mate in the British navy.
[19] a soft, thick, light-yellow leather with a napped surface, originally made from buffalo skin but later also from other skins, used for making belts, pouches, etc.
[20] a brownish-yellow color; tan.
[21] a buff stick or buff wheel.
[22] a devotee or well-informed student of some activity or subject: Civil War buffs avidly read the new biography of Grant.
[23] Informal . the bare skin: in the buff.
[24] Also called buffcoat. a thick, short coat of buffalo leather, worn especially by English soldiers and American colonists in the 17th century.
[25] Informal . a buffalo.
[26] having the color of buff.
[27] made of buff leather.
[28] Slang . physically attractive; muscular.
[29] to clean or polish (metal) or give a grainless finish of high luster to (plated surfaces) with or as if with a buff stick or buff wheel.
[30] to polish or shine, especially with a buffer: to buff shoes.
[31] to dye or stain in a buff color.
[32] one of a pair of spring-loaded steel pads attached at both ends of railway vehicles and at the end of a railway track to reduce shock due to contact
[33] a person or thing that lessens shock or protects from damaging impact, circumstances, etc
[34] chem an ionic compound, usually a salt of a weak acid or base, added to a solution to resist changes in its acidity or alkalinity and thus stabilize its pH Also called: buffer solution a solution containing such a compound
[35] computing a memory device for temporarily storing data
[36] electronics an isolating circuit used to minimize the reaction between a driving and a driven circuit
[37] short for buffer state
[38] hit the buffers informal to finish or be stopped, esp unexpectedly
[39] to insulate against or protect from shock; cushion
[40] chem to add a buffer to (a solution)
[41] any device used to shine, polish, etc; buff
[42] a person who uses such a device
[43] British informal , offensive a stupid or bumbling man (esp in the phrase old buffer )
[44] a soft thick flexible undyed leather made chiefly from the skins of buffalo, oxen, and elk (as modifier ) a buff coat
[45] a dull yellow or yellowish-brown colour (as adjective ) buff paint
[46] Also called: buffer a cloth or pad of material used for polishing an object a flexible disc or wheel impregnated with a fine abrasive for polishing metals, etc, with a power tool
[47] informal one's bare skin (esp in the phrase in the buff )
[48] to clean or polish (a metal, floor, shoes, etc) with a buff
[49] to remove the grain surface of (a leather)
[50] (tr) to deaden the force of
[51] archaic a blow or buffet (now only in the phrase blind man's buff )
[52] informal an expert on or devotee of a given subject a cheese buff

Words related to Buffer

intermediary, cushion, bulwark, fender, defense, shield, screen, bumper

Words nearby Buffer

buffalo wing, buffalofish, buffcoat, buffe, buffel grass, buffer, buffer state, buffer stock, buffer value, buffer zone, buffet

Origin of Buffer

11545–55; 1900–05 for def 4 ; earlier buffe wild ox, back formation from buffle < Middle French < Late Latin būfalus; see buffalo; (def 4) originally a person enthusiastic about firefighting and firefighters, allegedly after the buff uniforms once worn by volunteer firefighters in New York City

Other words from Buffer

un·buff·ered , adjective
buff·a·bil·i·ty , noun
buff·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Buffer

C20: originally US: an enthusiastic fire watcher, from the buff-coloured uniforms worn by volunteer firemen in New York City

Synonyms for Buffer

bulwark, cushion, intermediary, bumper, defense, fender, screen, shield, shock absorber