buffalo

noun10

1. •
   a heavy wild animal with long horns, bigger and stronger than a cow, living in Africa and Asia

   • "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." — 1886
2. •
   A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
3. •
   Ellipsis of American buffalo (“gold bullion coin”).
4. •
   The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
5. •
   Ellipsis of buffalo robe.
6. •
   (slang, offensive) A large or stupid person.
7. •
   (slang, offensive) An obese person, usually a woman.
8. •
   (US, slang) A nickel.
9. •
   (slang, offensive) A black male.
10. •
    (US, slang) A looter during the Civil War.

verb3

1. •
   To hunt buffalo.
2. •
   (US, slang) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.

   • I'm just gonna let you have it. Probably in the midst of a kiss. Right when you think everything’s been healed up. Right in the moment when you're sure you've got me buffaloed. That's when you'll die. — 1983
3. •
   (no longer used) To pistol-whip.

   • Whereupon the twelve-inch barrel of the Buntline Special was laid alongside and just underneath the Rachal hatbrim most effectively. The buffaloed cattleman dropped to the walk, unconscious. — 1931

noun1

1. •
   A major city, the county seat of Erie County, New York, USA; very near Niagara Falls.