buffalo

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
2. A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
3. Ellipsis of buffalo robe.
4. The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
5. (slang) A nickel.
6. Short for American buffalo (“gold bullion coin”).

Verb

1. To hunt buffalo.
2. (slang) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
3. To pistol-whip.

Sinònims

bison

🦬

American bison

American buffalo

water buffalo

🐃

bewilder

cow

🐮

Bison bison

Old World buffalo

bull

ox

🐂

fright

frighten

hoodwink

intimidate

scare

😨

stampede

throw

unnerve

Buffalo

buffalo bull

Cape buffalo

water-buffalo

bushcow

amphibious tank

alarm

horned cattle

alligator

aurochs

bemuse

carabao

confound

confuse

deceive

discombobulate

flummox

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈbʌf.əl.əʊ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Portuguese or Spanish búfalo (“buffalo”), from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”). Doublet of bubale and buffle.