buff

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noun
Plural noun:
buffs
  1. 1.

    (countable, uncountable)Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.

  2. 2.

    (countable, uncountable)A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.

  3. 3.

    (countable, uncountable)A brownish yellow colour.

    1693, John Dryden (translator), The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis Translated into English Verse, London: Jacob Tonson, Satire 10, lines 307-308, p. 203, […] a Visage rough, Deform’d, Unfeatur’d, and a Skin of Buff.

  4. 4.

    (countable, uncountable)A military coat made of buff leather.

  5. 5.

    (countable, informal, uncountable)A person who is very interested in a particular subject.

    He’s a real history buff. He knows everything there is to know about the civil war.

    Đồng nghĩa: enthusiast, aficionado, amateur, admirer, aficionado, buff, connoisseur, enthusiast, devotee, maniac, fan, fanatic, fancier, fancy, fiend, freak, geek, junkie, partisan, rooter, zealot

  6. 6.

    (countable, uncountable)(video games) A change introduced in a patch that makes a character, item, or attack stronger.

  7. 7.

    (countable, uncountable)(video games, roleplaying games) An effect that makes a character or item stronger.

    I just picked up an epic damage buff! Let's go gank the other team!

    Đồng nghĩa: revamp

  8. 8.

    (countable, uncountable)(rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.

  9. 9.

    (colloquial, countable, uncountable)The bare skin.

    to strip to the buff

  10. 10.

    (countable, uncountable)The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.

  11. 11.

    (countable, uncountable)Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.

    2014, “Aldergrove’s 856 gang busted, $400,000 in drugs seized,” CBC News, 30 July, 2014, Police say this 20 ton hydraulic jack was used to press mixtures of cocaine and “buff” into brick.

  12. 12.

    (obsolete)A strike; a blow.

Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
buffermore buff
Superlative
buffestmost buff
  1. 1.

    Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.

  2. 2.

    (colloquial)(originally bodybuilding, colloquial) Unusually muscular.

    The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.

    Đồng nghĩa: buffed, buffed out

  3. 3.

    (Multicultural London English, slang)(MLE slang) Physically attractive.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
buffs
V_ing/Gerund
buffing
V_ed/pp
buffed
  1. 1.

    To polish and make shiny by rubbing.

    He was already buffing the car's hubs.

    Đồng nghĩa: wax, shine, polish, furbish, burnish

  2. 2.

    (video games, roleplaying games) To make a character or an item stronger.

    The enchanter buffed the paladin to prepare him to fight the dragon.

    I noticed that the pistols were buffed in the update.

  3. 3.

    (medical slang) To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.

  4. 4.

    (slang)(graffiti slang) To remove (graffiti), particularly when done by someone who is not a graffiti writer.

  5. 5.

    (archaic, slang, transitive)To strip to the bare skin.

  6. 6.

    To strike.

  7. 7.

    (dialectal, obsolete)(dialectal or obsolete) To stammer, stutter

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