buff
noun
- pale yellow-brown colour of the un-dyed leather of several animals
adjective
- well muscled
verb
- to polish
- to cause the surface of leather to be velvety
- to make a video game element more effective
- to polish or soften
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /bʌf/ / /bɐf/ / /bʊf/
adj
Etymology: From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”).
- Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
- Unusually muscular.
“The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.”
- Physically attractive.
“That's right: I'm taking driver's ed next semester. Hiring an interpreter for CHS and the deaf school outta my own hefty pockets. You're welcome. Oh, and I'm going to get really skinny and buff. All slim like a swimsuit model.”
name
- A surname.
noun
- Acronym of big ugly fat fellow (or fucker), US Air Force nickname for the B-52 bomber.
“The B-52 Stratofortress is not called the Buff because it is painted a tan or dun-brown color.”
“I should note here in polite society it is considered proper to call the B-52 a BUFF for Big Ugly Fat Fella or Fellows”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English buffen (“to stutter, stammer”), from Old English byffan (“to mumble, mutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bubjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to fear, to be afraid”). More at bive (“tremble, shake”) and bever.
- To stammer, stutter