buffle

B3U1F4F4L1E1
/ˈbʌfəl/

noun

A buffalo.

OriginMiddle French buffle →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

buffle1

nounbuffle (plural buffles)

plural buffles

  1. obsoleteA buffalo.

    [the Malayan tongue word list] An Oxe or Buffle: Cambi

    1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC

buffle2

verbbuffle (third-person singular simple present buffles, present participle buffling, simple past and past participle buffled)

present singular third person buffles · participle present buffling · participle past buffled · past buffled

  1. intransitiveTo puzzle; to baffle.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
buffalo

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchbuffle
  2. Englishbuffle

From Middle French buffle. Doublet of bubale and buffalo.

More words from Middle French

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with buffle

shuffleduffelruffletrufflereshufflescufflekerfufflemuffleflufflescrufflesnufflewhuffleZarrow shuffle
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

buffle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffle

MLA

“buffle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buffle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffle.

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