noun pl. buffaloes, buffalo, buffalos
- any of various wild oxen, sometimes domesticated, as the water buffalo of India or Cape buffalo of Africa
- ☆ popularly the American bison
- ☆ a robe made of buffalo skin
- ☆ buffalo fish
Origin:
It bufalo < LL bufalus, var. of bubalus, wild ox < Gr boubalos, buffalo, antelope < bous, ox, cow
transitive verb buffaloed, buffaloing
Slang to baffle, bewilder, bluff, or overawe