English Dictionary

buff

/bʌf/

noun

Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals. / A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing. / (color) A brownish yellow colour. / A military coat made of buff leather.

I saw a buff at the gym today.

意味（1）

Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.

[…]; but is in a ſuite of buffe […]

意味（2）

A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.

意味（3）

(color) A brownish yellow colour.

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意味（4）

A military coat made of buff leather.

A diuell in an euerlaſting garment hath him ; / On whoſe hard heart is button’d vp with ſteele : / A Feind, a Fairie, pittileſſe and ruffe : / A Wolfe, nay worſe, a fellow all in buffe […]

意味（5）

(informal) 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.

意味（6）

(video games, role-playing 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!

意味（7）

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

意味（8）

(colloquial) The bare skin.

to strip to the buff

意味（9）

The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.

意味（10）

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

Police say this 20 ton hydraulic jack was used to press mixtures of cocaine and “buff” into brick.