buffalos

/B AH1 F AH0 L OW0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

    An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.

  2. 2

    A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.

  3. 3

    The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).

  4. 4

    (slang, derogatory) A large or stupid person.

  5. 5

    (slang, derogatory) An obese person, usually a woman.

  6. 6

    (US slang) A nickel.

  7. 7

    (slang, derogatory, offensive) A black male.

  8. 8

    (slang, US, historical) A looter during the Civil War.

  9. 9

    A placename

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    A major city, the county seat of Erie County, New York, USA; very near Niagara Falls.

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    A number of other places in the United States, including:

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    A small city in Scott County, Iowa.

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    A city, the county seat of Wright County, Minnesota.

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    A city, the county seat of Dallas County, Missouri.

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    A town, the county seat of Harper County, Oklahoma.

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    A census-designated place in Union County, South Carolina.

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    A town, the county seat of Harding County, South Dakota.

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    A small city in Leon County, Texas.

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    A town in Putnam County, West Virginia.

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    A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, not to be confused with Buffalo City in the same county.

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    A town in Marquette County, Wisconsin.

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    A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Wyoming.

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    A number of townships, including in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Buffalo Township.

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    A number of places in South Africa.

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    A town in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

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    Ellipsis of American buffalo (“gold bullion coin”). [Bison bison; Synonym of American bison.]

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    Ellipsis of buffalo robe. [(US, historical) A cured bison hide, with the hair left on, used as a blanket or wrap.]

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    Ellipsis of Buffalo City. [A metropolitan municipality in Eastern Cape province, South Africa.]

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    Ellipsis of Buffalo County. [One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Kearney, named for the once-prevalent buffalo herds.]

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    Ellipsis of Buffalo River. [A river in Victoria, Australia, which joins the Ovens River.]

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    Ellipsis of Buffalo Township.

verb
  1. 1

    (US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.

  2. 2

    (transitive) To hunt buffalo.

  3. 3

    (archaic, transitive) To pistol-whip.