noun

1. a heavy, soft, brownish-yellow leather made from the skin of the buffalo or from other animal hides
2. a military coat made of this leather
3. 1. a stick or small block covered with leather or cloth, used for cleaning or shining
   2. buffing wheel
4. a dull brownish yellow
5. ☆ Informal a devotee or enthusiast, as of a particular area of interest a jazz buff

Etymology: earlier buffe, buffalo < Fr buffle < It bufalo, buffalo

adjective

1. made of buff
2. of the color buff
3. Slang physically, often sexually attractive, as by being pleasingly fit and muscular or having a sexually desirable figure

transitive verb

1. to clean or shine with a buff or treated cloth
2. to make smooth or soft like buff

noun

Etymology: ME & OFr buffe: see buffet

transitive verb

intransitive verb