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How to pronounce buff in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms buffet
Type of hit


The wind buffeted him.
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Synonyms burnish, furbish
Type of polish, shine, smooth, smoothen
Derivation buffer


buff the wooden floors.
buff my shoes.
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Synonyms buffer
Type of implement
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Synonyms caramel, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown
Type of brown, brownness
Has types snuff-color, snuff-colour
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Synonyms devotee, fan, lover
Type of follower
Has types amorist, aficionado, metalhead, bacchant, aerophile, bacchanal, groupie
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Type of leather
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Type of skin, cutis, tegument


swimming in the buff means to swim naked.
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Examples of buff

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Proust-buff Saint-Laurent is more ghostly presence than the subject of the film.
From the bostonherald.com
Musical theater buff Mitchell has long wanted to do a dance version of the play.
From the sacbee.com
Film buff O. told me he thought that was an ironic example for Smith to mention.
From the thestate.com
Females are brown with buff-colored wing-bars and a cinnamon wash on the breast.
From the sltrib.com
When fully mature the exterior is buff-colored, the flesh dense and dark orange.
From the sfgate.com
The tips of the tail and lower back feathers are a buff-to-very light tan color.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The travel buff and adventure lover is always looking for new places to explore.
From the orlandosentinel.com
If you are a home theater buff, the possibilities are probably already apparent.
From the post-gazette.com
Amanda's dad, a lawyer and a history and architecture buff, makes stained glass.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • Of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
  • Buffet: strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him"
  • Fan: an ardent follower and admirer
  • A soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
  • Polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
  • Bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff"
  • The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber designed and built by Boeing and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF).
  • Buff is a term used in some video games, especially MMORPGs and MUDs, to describe increases in the power of a game element. There are two main usages. ...
  • Buff is the registered trade mark for the multifunctional headwear produced by Original Buff S.A., a company based in Igualada, near Barcelona in Catalonia since they were established in 1992.