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How to pronounce buffalo
Say it like this: /ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does buffalo mean?
nounAn animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
“"It must be a very wild stretch of country, and full of big game. I have always wanted to kill a buffalo before I die."”
A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
verbTo hunt buffalo.
To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
“The nontechnical administrator should never be buffaloed by the esoteric vocabulary and the endless jargon of the computer expert.”
To pistol-whip.
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