Buffalo

  1. Proper noun.  A city in New York State, very near Niagara Falls.
  2. Noun.  Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape Buffalo, ''Syncerus caffer'', or the water buffalo ''Buabalus bubalis''.
  3. Noun.  A related North American animal, the American bison, ''Bison bison''.
  4. Noun.  A buffalo robe.
  5. Noun.  The buffalo fish.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To hunt buffalo.
  7. Verb.  (US, slang) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
  8. Verb.  (archaic, transitive) To pistol-whip.

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