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Buff   /bəf/   Listen
Buff

noun
1.
An ardent follower and admirer.  Synonyms: devotee, fan, lover.
2.
A soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen.
3.
Bare skin; naked.
4.
A medium to dark tan color.  Synonyms: caramel, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown.
5.
An implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring).  Synonym: buffer.
adjective
1.
Of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather.
verb
1.
Strike, beat repeatedly.  Synonym: buffet.
2.
Polish and make shiny.  Synonyms: burnish, furbish.  "Buff my shoes"



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"Buff" Quotes from Famous Books



... heap of foulness art, All outward and within is foul; Condensed filth in every part, Thy body's clothed like thy soul: Thy soul, which through thy hide of buff Scarce glimmers like ...
— Poems (Volume II.) • Jonathan Swift
... Herr Winklemann; "ve has goot horse to spare; buff'lo-runners every von. Bot you mus' stay vid us von day for run ze buff'lo an' ...
— The Red Man's Revenge - A Tale of The Red River Flood • R.M. Ballantyne
... carried on for upwards of ten minutes. The tug appeared to be travelling around them in a circle. It was like a game of Blind Man's Buff with both sides blinded. All of a sudden she came charging out of the fog, as if a magician had evoked her. The children swarmed out on the deck with cheers. Their elders let themselves relax with thankful hearts. A furtive tear or two stole down ...
— The Deaves Affair • Hulbert Footner
... long miles of linen—Irish miles, of course—and all the surroundings are pleasant. After this, no need to say the place is one of the blackest, most Unionist, Protestant, and loyal in the whole country. A number of buff placards issued by Nationalists attract respectful attention. The same bill is stuck all over Belfast—in the High Street, on the hoardings facing the heretic meeting houses, everywhere. It purports to present the sentiments of the great Duke of Wellington re the Roman Catholics ...
— Ireland as It Is - And as It Would be Under Home Rule • Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
... know what I liked best," said grandmother. "There were so many nice things. Haymaking was delicious, so were snow-balling and sliding; blindman's buff and snapdragon at Christmas were not bad, nor were strawberries ...
— Grandmother Dear - A Book for Boys and Girls • Mrs. Molesworth


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