Definition of "buffalo" []

• Any of several oxlike Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the water buffalo and African buffalo. (noun)
• The North American bison, Bison bison. (noun)
• The buffalo fish. (noun)
• To intimidate, as by a display of confidence or authority: "The board couldn't buffalo the federal courts as it had the Comptroller” ( American Banker). (verb-transitive)
• To deceive; hoodwink: "Too often . . . job seekers have buffaloed lenders as to their competency and training” ( H. Jane Lehman). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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