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buff (verb)

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  • buff up — variant UK US Main entry: buff * * * buff up [phrasal verb] buff up or buff (someone or something) up or buff up (someone or something) informal : to become stronger and more muscular or to make (someone or something) stronger and more muscular… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Buff (computer gaming) — Buff is a term used in many MMORPGs to describe an effect (usually cast as a spell) that temporarily enhances a player. Buffs may last for a predetermined amount of time, or until the player actively cancels them. Almost all MMORPGs include some… …   Wikipedia

  • buff — Ⅰ. buff [1] ► NOUN 1) a yellowish beige colour. 2) a dull yellow leather with a velvety surface. ► VERB 1) polish. 2) give (leather) a velvety finish. ● i …   English terms dictionary

  • buff — 1570s, buffe leather, from M.Fr. buffle buffalo (15c., via It. from L. bufalus; see see BUFFALO (Cf. buffalo)). The color term comes from the hue of buffalo hides (later ox hides); association of hide and skin led c.1600 to in the buff, and use… …   Etymology dictionary

  • buff the muffin — verb To masturbate. Dear Peter, I need your stuffin …   Wiktionary

  • buff — I. /bʌf / (say buf) noun 1. a kind of thick leather, originally and properly made of buffalo skin but later also of other skins, light yellow with napped surface, used for making belts, pouches, etc. 2. a thick coat of buff leather, worn… …  

  • buff — [16] Buff originally meant ‘buffalo’; it was presumably an alteration of the French word buffe ‘buffalo’. That sense had died out by the early 18th century, but since then the word has undergone a bizarre series of semantic changes. First, it… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • buff — [16] Buff originally meant ‘buffalo’; it was presumably an alteration of the French word buffe ‘buffalo’. That sense had died out by the early 18th century, but since then the word has undergone a bizarre series of semantic changes. First, it… …   Word origins

  • buff — I UK [bʌf] / US noun Word forms buff : singular buff plural buffs 1) [countable] someone who is very interested in and knows a lot about a particular subject a film/computer/wine buff 2) [uncountable] a very light yellow brown colour, similar to… …   English dictionary

  • buff — buff1 [ bʌf ] noun 1. ) count someone who is very interested in and knows a lot about a particular subject: a movie/computer/wine buff 2. ) uncount a very light yellow brown color, similar to the color of sand in the buff INFORMAL wearing no… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • buff — [[t]bʌ̱f[/t]] buffs, buffing, buffed 1) COLOUR Something that is buff is pale brown in colour. He took a largish buff envelope from his pocket. 2) N COUNT: supp N You use buff to describe someone who knows a lot about a particular subject. For… …   English dictionary

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