buffaloed
buffaloed is the simple past and past participle of buffalo.
Meaning of buffalo
Verb
buffalo (third-person singular simple present buffaloes, present participle buffaloing, simple past and past participle buffaloed)
- To hunt buffalo.
- 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.1983, Sam Shepard, Fool for Love, San Francisco: City Lights Books, page 20
- Synonyms:
- cow, bulldoze, bully, browbeat, dastardize, daunt, dishearten, do down, domineer, drive
- To pistol-whip.
- Whereupon the twelve-inch barrel of the Buntline Special was laid alongside and just underneath the Rachal hatbrim most effectively. The buffaloed cattleman dropped to the walk, unconscious.1931, Stuart N. Lake, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, New York: Houghton Mifflin, page 173
Questions about buffaloed
- What is buffaloed the simple past and past participle of?
- Buffaloed is the simple past and past participle of buffalo.
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