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buff

/bʌf/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable

Buff means: a medium to dark tan color.

Synonyms for buff24

noun, as in a medium to dark tan color

yellowish brown, raw sienna, caramel, caramel brown

noun, as in an ardent follower and admirer

fan, devotee, lover

noun, as in an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)

buffer

verb, as in polish and make shiny

burnish, furbish

verb, as in strike, beat repeatedly

buffet

adjective, as in of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather

chromatic

also used for buff

enthusiast, aficionado, amateur, admirer, connoisseur, maniac, revamp, buffed, buffed out, wax, shine, polish

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What does buff mean?8

noun

1

a medium to dark tan color

2

an ardent follower and admirer

3

an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)

4

a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen

5

bare skin“‘swimming in the buff’ means to swim naked”

verb

1

polish and make shiny“buff the wooden floors”

2

strike, beat repeatedly“The wind buffeted him”

adjective

1

of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with buff?14

one syllable

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two syllables

enough
Show 40 near rhymes
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Buff in a sentence

  • Let's play a game of blind man's buff.FeuDRenais2
  • Yanni is not much of a horror buff.Amastan
  • He didn't know that Yanni was a film buff.Amastan
  • She didn't know that Yanni was a film buff.Amastan
  • Ziri didn't know that Yanni was a film buff.Amastan
  • We didn't know that Yanni was a film buff.Amastan
  • They didn't know that Yanni was a film buff.Amastan
  • Everyone's in the buff, in there.sacredceltic

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of buff

as a noun

plural
buffs

as a verb

past tense
buffed
present participle
buffing
third-person singular
buffs
past participle
buffed

as a adjective

comparative
buffer
superlative
buffest