To buffalo someone means to intimidate, deceive, or confuse them.
As a verb, to buffalo means to intimidate, deceive, or confuse someone.
| Front | buffalo \BUF-uh-lo\ [verb sense] |
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| Back | verb tr. 1. To intimidate, as by a display of confidence or authority. 2. To deceive; hoodwink. 3. To confuse; bewilder. [Italian bufalo, or Portuguese, or Spanish bufalo, from Late Latin bufalus, from Latin bubalus, from Greek boubalos.] "Moe Howard (Paul Ben-Victor), the supposed brains of the act, is easily buffaloed by studio bosses." |
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