buff

1. 1.

   strike, beat repeatedly

   “The wind buffeted him”

   Synonymsbuffet

   Broaderhit
2. 2.

   polish and make shiny

   “buff the wooden floors”

   “buff my shoes”

   Synonymsburnishfurbish

   Broaderpolish

1. 1.

   of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather

   Similarchromatic

Other forms of buff

plural

buffs·

past tense

buffed·

present participle

buffing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about buff

What does buff mean?

buff means "an ardent follower and admirer". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in buff?

buff has 1 syllable: buff. In IPA it is /ˈbʌf/.

What is another word for buff?

Close synonyms include fan, devotee, lover, yellowish brown, raw sienna. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is buff a common word?

buff is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with buff?

1 word rhymes with buff. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.