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buffle

/ˈbʌfəl/

buffle noun: a buffalo.

buffle: a buffalo
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Noun

buffle (plural buffles)

  1. (obsolete) A buffalo.
    • [the Malayan tongue word list] An Oxe or Buffle: Cambi1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC

Verb

buffle (third-person singular simple present buffles, present participle buffling, simple past and past participle buffled)

  1. (intransitive) To puzzle; to baffle.

Forms of buffle

Noun
pluralbuffles
Verb
third-person singular presentbuffles
present participlebuffling
past participlebuffled
pastbuffled

Origin of buffle

From Middle French buffle. Doublet of bubale and buffalo.

Words formed from buffle

Words that rhyme with buffle

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Questions about buffle

What does buffle mean?
Buffle means a buffalo.
What part of speech is buffle?
Buffle can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce buffle?
Buffle is pronounced /ˈbʌfəl/.
What is the plural of buffle?
The plural of buffle is buffles.

Words near buffle in the dictionary

  1. buffism
  2. Buffista
  3. Buffistas
  4. Buffkin
  5. Buffkins
  6. buffle
  7. buffle duck
  8. buffle-headed
  9. buffled
  10. bufflehead
  11. buffleheads

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