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buff

How to use buff in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for buff.

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I'm a bit of a film buff, by that I mean I like shooting of film & I own 16mm film cameras.

Examples15
Definitions8
Parts of speech3

Quick take

an ardent follower and admirer

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of buff gathered in one view.

noun

an ardent follower and admirer

noun

a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen

noun

bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for buff.

noun

a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen

noun

bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff"

noun

a medium to dark tan color

noun

an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)

verb

strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him"

verb

polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"

adjective

of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather

Example sentences

1

I'm a bit of a film buff, by that I mean I like shooting of film & I own 16mm film cameras.

2

Nothing says "buff and reinvented" like red, white and blue nipple tassels.

3

"Here kid, use this protein shake and you'll get buff and then you can pick up all the hot girls at the beach this summer".

4

As a camera buff, why dont you just use flickr?also, if you distrust facebook, what makes you trust google?

5

I realised I almost had complete control of the buff market on my server so I changed my selling tactics.

6

The miner extracts the profit, and the buff producer, with such high input costs, should have smaller margins on the finished product.

7

It turns out I was right - I was able to purchase even more avian meat than the last month and I was able to produce enough HQ buffs to just last the month.

8

I feel like I'll go mental if I hear one more film buff talk about the essential nature of various imperfections in traditional film.

9

As an armchair history buff, I love famous historical people who were also prolific letter-writers.

10

Seriously, Lil' Kim the Illest was a huge movie buff, I wonder if that played a part in his naming?He speaks English quite a bit better than his interviewer.

11

By the end of the first week, I was bankrupt although I had a huge stockpile of HQ buffs - but most importantly, virtually every buff vendor was empty except mine.

12

Other buff sellers kept selling them at the going rate so I did the rounds of the cities each night and bought up any HQ buffs which were under my price and added them to my stockpile.

13

I'm a bit of a photography buff, a Flickr Pro user for years, and I'm not sure I want my photographs to be in the same place where I update friends and acquaintances about my status.

14

There were two other doctors on the server who managed to offer buffs for most of the month, and whilst I never talked to them, I noticed that they never went below whatever price I set. Our little oligopoly had a total lock on the buff market - it was a golden age!When I quit the game a couple of months later, I had millions in credits which I sold for a few thousand $US.

15

What about if you only describe presenters of any sort by how they look if there is something distinctive about it?I've been to a math talk where the speaker was introduced as the "most buff mathematical physicist in the US".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use buff in a sentence?

I'm a bit of a film buff, by that I mean I like shooting of film & I own 16mm film cameras.

What does buff mean?

an ardent follower and admirer

What part of speech is buff?

buff is commonly used as noun, verb, adjective.