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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)

  1. (transitive) To hunt buffalo.
  2. (US, slang, transitive) 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
  3. (archaic, transitive) 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

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Questions about buffaloed

What is buffaloed the simple past and past participle of?
Buffaloed is the simple past and past participle of buffalo.

Words near buffaloed in the dictionary

  1. buffaloburr nightshade
  2. buffaloburr nightshades
  3. buffaloburrs
  4. buffaloburs
  5. buffaloe
  6. buffaloed
  7. buffaloes
  8. buffalofish
  9. buffalograss
  10. buffalograsses
  11. buffaloing

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