Word Meaning

buff definition and meaning

n. A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner.
n. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
n. A military coat, made of buff leather.
n. The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
a. A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
a. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
a. Made of buff leather.
a. Of the color of buff.
v. t. To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
v. t. To strike.
n. A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."
a. Firm; sturdy.

Crossword clues for buff

- Bare skin
- Dull brownish yellow
- Dull yellow colour
- Naked, in the ...
- Polish beige fan
- Polish fan
- Shine
- Skin colour
- Straw-coloured
- Yellowish brown