buddha

plural buddhas

1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Buddha.

   What the fuck are you doing with a buddha as a lampstand? O that's not a buddha that's some high goddess or other.

   1967, R. D. Laing, The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise, Penguin Books, page 152

2. USslanguncountabledancingMarijuana.

   Thinkin' of cash flow, buddha, and shelter

   1994, Nas, “N.Y. State of Mind”, in Illmatic

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   I know how it feel to wake up fucked up Pockets broke as hell, another rock to sell People look at you like you's the user Sellin' drugs to all the losers, mad buddha abuser

   1994, The Notorious B.I.G., “Everyday Struggle”, in Ready to Die

   It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail The mic is contacted, I attract clientele My mic check is life or death, breathin' a sniper's breath I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps

   1994, Nas, “It Ain't Hard to Tell”, in Illmatic

   Synonyms: bhang, benj, boo, broccoli, bud, cannabis, cheeba, choof

alternative uncommon Budda · alternative Buddhah · alternative archaic Boodha · alternative buddha

1. Siddhartha Gautama, ancient Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.

   Synonyms: Siddhartha, Siddhartha Gautama, Gautama Buddha, Sakyamuni, Sakyamuni Buddha, Vishnu

plural Buddhas · alternative uncommon Budda · alternative Buddhah · alternative archaic Boodha · alternative buddha

1. BuddhismAny other person considered similarly enlightened.

   At this point, the Amidha Buddha probably has more worshippers than the Buddha himself does.

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   “Mind,” he began again, lifting one arm from the elbow, the palm of the hand outwards, so that, with his legs folded before him, he had the pose of a Buddha preaching in European clothes and without a lotus-flower - “Mind, none of us would feel exactly like this.”

   1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 196

2. broadlyAny other person considered similarly enlightened.

   There are some who consider Jesus a buddha, not least because Buddhism had spread to Judaea by the early 1st century.

3. figurativelyironicSynonym of know-it-all or smartass, a person who imagines themselves smarter or wiser than they are.

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   Sam: Well, our first priority is to make sure the thieves don't strike again. It'll be tricky, 'cause these sorts of gangs rarely have just one target on the go. They've usually researched half a dozen possibilities, waiting for the most opportune circumstances on any of them. Harry Woolf: He knows his onions, this lad, eh? Gene Hunt: Oh, he's a right little smart-arse. So, what do you suggest, Buddha?

   2007 February 20, Chris Chibnall, Life on Mars, season 2, episode 2

   Synonyms: know-it-all or smartass

4. A statue or image of any Buddha.

   I love visiting the temple to see the Buddha.