имя существительное [география] Буффало (город в США, штат Нью-Йорк)
1. имя существительное [множественное число] buffalo, buffalo(e)s; [зоология] 1) буйвол 2) зубр американский, бизон ([латинский язык] Bison bison) Синоним(ы): bison 2. глагол [американский вариант английского языка] 1) пугать, запугивать Например: to buffalo somebody into compliance — добиваться чьего-либо согласия при помощи угроз Синоним(ы): intimidate 2) обманывать, одурачивать Например: She is a brilliant liar and has buffaloed a psychiatrist in practice for 25 years. — Она виртуозная притворщица, ей удалось провести психиатра с двадцатипятилетним стажем работы. Синоним(ы): deceive, hoodwink 3) озадачивать, сбивать с толку Например: to be buffaloed by a problem — не знать, как решить проблему Синоним(ы): confuse, bewilder
geographical name city and port W New York on Lake Erie and Niagara River population 292,648 • Buffalonian noun
I. noun (plural -lo or -loes; also -los) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Italian bufalo and Spanish búfalo, from Late Latin bufalus, alteration of Latin bubalus, from Greek boubalos African gazelle 1. any of several wild bovids: as a. water buffalo b. Cape buffalo c. (1) any of a genus (Bison) of bovids; especially a large shaggy-maned North American bovid (B. bison) that has short horns and heavy forequarters with a large muscular hump and that was formerly abundant on the central and western plains — compare wisent (2) the flesh of the buffalo used as food 2. any of several suckers (genus Ictiobus) found mostly in the Mississippi valley — called also buffalo fish II. transitive verb (-loed; -loing) bewilder, baffle; also bamboozle