buffalo

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo

   Cape buffalo.

2. 2
   verb

   to intimidate or overawe

   The boss buffaloed the employees into staying late.

3. 3
   noun

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

   "It must be a very wild stretch of country, and full of big game. I have always wanted to kill a buffalo before I die.".

4. 4
   verb

   To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.

   I'm just gonna let you have it. Probably in the midst of a kiss. Right when you think everything’s been healed up. Right in the moment when you're sure you've got me buffaloed. That's when you'll die.

*(North America): Probably from buffalo (“American bison”) (Bison bison), since both cities are in regions that had wild herds at the time the names originated. Buffalo, New York was named after the Buffalo River, which an alternative etymology says is from French beau fleuve (“beautiful river”), but the more likely explanation is that it was named for the animal. *(South Africa): From buffalo (Syncerus caffer), subsp. Cape buffalo commonly found in the region.

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