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